The research, published in PLOS Medicine, analysed the impact of the amount of time spent in sleep in over 7,000 men and women aged 50, 60 and 70. Over a period of 25 years, researchers studied the association between duration of sleep, mortality and onset of two or more chronic diseases like Diabetes, heart disease or cancer..The study findings showed that sleeping five hours or less was linked to a 30 to 40 per cent increased risk of multi-morbidity when compared with those who slept for up to seven hours. People in their 50's whoslept for five hours or less were 20 per cent more likely to have been diagnosed with a chronic disease and were 40 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with two or more chronic diseases over 25 years.Risk of mortality rose 25 per cent for people who slept for five hours or less than at age 50. Researchers explained this link by clarifying that poor or short sleep cycle increased the risk of onset of Diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases which in turn increased the risk of death.
The research, published in PLOS Medicine, analysed the impact of the amount of time spent in sleep in over 7,000 men and women aged 50, 60 and 70. Over a period of 25 years, researchers studied the association between duration of sleep, mortality and onset of two or more chronic diseases like Diabetes, heart disease or cancer..The study findings showed that sleeping five hours or less was linked to a 30 to 40 per cent increased risk of multi-morbidity when compared with those who slept for up to seven hours. People in their 50's whoslept for five hours or less were 20 per cent more likely to have been diagnosed with a chronic disease and were 40 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with two or more chronic diseases over 25 years.Risk of mortality rose 25 per cent for people who slept for five hours or less than at age 50. Researchers explained this link by clarifying that poor or short sleep cycle increased the risk of onset of Diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases which in turn increased the risk of death.
