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Irregular sleep patterns may raise risk of heart attack and stroke, study suggests – CTV

by tmnationtalk on November 29, 202449 Views

Nov. 29, 2024

Sleeping and waking up at different times is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, even for people who get the recommended amount of sleep, according to new research.

While most previous research has measured the impact of sleep length on human health, less is known about the effects of changes to the sleep cycle, said researchers in a statement published Tuesday.

To address this, for seven days scientists tracked activity data from 72,269 participants aged 40 to 79 who had never suffered a major adverse cardiovascular event.

They calculated each person’s Sleep Regularity Index (SRI) score, with higher scores denoting more regular sleepers.

The team then tracked incidents of cardiovascular death, heart attack, heart failure and stroke over eight years and found that irregular sleepers were 26 per cent more likely to suffer one of these events than those with a regular sleep cycle. Irregular sleep means the variations in the time someone goes to sleep and wakes up.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/irregular-sleep-patterns-may-raise-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke-study-suggests-1.7127452

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