Poor Sleep Raises Early Death Risk By 29 Percent
A new study finds that approximately two-thirds of Americans are getting too little or too much sleep, which increases risk for premature death from any cause by nearly 30%.
About two-thirds of Americans are getting too little or too much sleep, risking their health, a new study suggests.
In fact, people not getting the right amount of sleep – seven to nine hours a night – had a 29% increased risk of premature death from any cause, researchers reported Feb. 27 in JAMA Network Open.
“These findings provide new evidence that irregular sleep patterns over a 5-year period may increase the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality,” the research team led by Kelsie Full, an assistant professor of epidemiology with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, concluded.