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Results: long (>8h) and short (<7h) sleep both associated with greater risk of mortality.
by miketery 9y ago
Results: long (>8h) and short (<7h) sleep both associated with greater risk of mortality.
- cjsuk 9y agoI go to sleep at 00:00 and wake up at 07:30 so that makes me rather happy :)
- justherefortart 9y agoI read somewhere your body likes natural 1.5h increments. I've found if I hit those numbers my days and nights go much better. I always slept 9h/night until recently. Now I mix in the occasional 7.5 hour night to no detriment. Even do 4.5 and 6.0 when necessary (early flights/etc).
- arunaugustine 9y agoI remember reading this too...i think it was in the book "Take a nap, change your life" by Sara C. Mednick, Mark Ehrman https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26322.Take_a_Nap_Change_Your_Life_ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26322.Take_a_Nap_Change_...
- pensivemood 9y agoDoes this take it into account of the possibility that people who sleep longer than 8hrs probably has other unhealthy habits, like lack of exercise etc..
- pc86 9y agoYour question can be answered by reading the other comments here.
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- candu 9y ago...and, if I understood their tables correctly, use of tranquilizers (benzodiazepines, etc.) is associated with significantly greater risk.
- Chris2048 9y agodoesn't that have a lot of confounding factors though? e.g. such difficulties getting to sleep medication is needed, or willingness to medicate (rather than change behavior/environment) etc.
- taeric 9y agoIt is curious when you phrase it this way. Sleep that is not aligned with the majority of the population associated with death rates not aligned with the majority. ;) As the other poster said, this is not a surprise to the authors, so I don't need this as a criticism of it. Just like the amusing rephrasing.
- miketery 9y agoHuh, interesting indeed. I didn't think of it that way.