Lack of sleep doubles chances of dying from heart disease according to : Health24

No cause-and-effect relationshipResearchers said it was also the first to examine the impact of sleep duration on the risk of death in those with multiple heart disease risk factors. Just over 39% were found to have at least three risk factors for heart disease, which when clustered together are known as metabolic syndrome. Not getting enough sleep can increase by 100% people's chances of dying from heart disease or stroke, particularly in people with risk factors like diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol, US researchers said. The findings in the Journal of the American Heart Association were based on 1 344 adults who were randomly selected for a sleep study in Pennsylvania. "If you have several heart disease risk factors, taking care of your sleep and consulting with a clinician if you have insufficient sleep is important if you want to lower your risk of death from heart disease or stroke," said lead author Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, an assistant professor at Penn State College of Medicine.




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Getting enough sleep is important for those at risk of heart disease

The study is the first to examine how sleep duration impacted risk of death when it came to heart disease risk factors. "If you have several heart disease risk factors, taking care of your sleep and consulting with a clinician if you have insufficient sleep is important if you want to lower your risk of death from heart disease or stroke," said study lead author Dr. Julio Fernandez-Mendoza. Lack of sleep becoming a bigger problemThe researchers believe these findings indicate how closely tied sleep duration and mortality risk is for patients with heart disease risk factors. Read Full Bio→Previous studies have shown how important sleep is to all consumers' health, but now researchers are saying it is especially important if you have risk factors for heart disease. Researchers working with the American Heart Association recently found that these individuals were twice as likely to die of heart disease or stroke when compared to consumers without heart disease risk factors if they didn't get more than six hours of sleep per 24 hours.


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