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Sigh. Risk of death still 100% no matter what you do.

• smt88 8y ago
  Risk of death in the next x years is not, nor is risk of death before age y. That's what the headline is referring to, although I didn't check the paper for the actual time period used.
  • gregjor 8y ago
    It actually refers to deaths per 1,000 per year over a nearly 8 year study period. People who slept more or less than 6-8 hrs/night died at a higher rate. So the article refers to an actual “risk of death” during the study period. More worrying, though, is that the headline implies causation: more or less sleep = increased risk, whereas the body of the article back-pedals and says people who are sick sleep more, so there’s just a correlation.