Poor sleep linked to higher death risk in those with heart diseases
A recent study concluded that people with poor sleep quality and that already suffer from heart diseases have a higher risk of dying, ABC News reports.
The study, conducted by researchers at Stanford University, examined metabolic risk measures (such as high blood pressure, or a high body mass index) as well as the sleep duration of more than 1,300 individuals. The data was gathered from the National Death Index and the death records from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
After they looked at this data, they tracked the individuals 16 years later and saw that the people who already had at least three metabolic risk factors and slept less than six hours per night were twice as likely to die from heart disease or stroke than those who slept over six hours per night, yet had the same metabolic risk factors.
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This increased risk was mostly connected to blood sugar issues and high blood pressure.
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