Sleep duration and risk of fatal and nonfatal stroke : a prospective study and meta-analysis [PDF]
Objective: To study the association between sleep duration and stroke incidence in a British population and to synthesize our findings with published results through a meta-analysis.
Brayne, Carol +6 more
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Objective To investigate the association between sleep duration and cognitive frailty among older adults dwelling in western China. Methods We used the baseline data from West China Health and Aging Trend (WCHAT) study.
Yunli Zhao +8 more
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Short Sleep Duration and Weight Gain: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Objective: The recent obesity epidemic has been accompanied by a parallel growth in chronic sleep deprivation. Physiologic studies suggest sleep deprivation may influence weight through effects on appetite, physical activity, and/or thermoregulation.
Sanjay R, Patel, Frank B, Hu
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Association between sleep duration and cancer risk: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Sleep duration has been shown to play an important role in the development of cancer. However, the results have been inconsistent. A meta-analysis with prospective cohort studies was performed to clarify the association between short or long ...
Yan Lu +4 more
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Sleep Duration and Overweight among Elementary Schoolchildren:A Population-based Study in Japan [PDF]
Although a number of studies have investigated the relationship of sleep duration to overweight and obesity, studies conducted among population-based elementary schoolchildren have been limited in Japan.
Hoshino, Hiromi +8 more
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Association of Short Sleep Duration and Atrial Fibrillation
Short sleep may be a risk factor for atrial fibrillation. However, previous investigations have been limited by lack of objective sleep measurement and small sample size. We sought to determine the association between objectively measured sleep duration and atrial fibrillation.All 31,079 adult patients undergoing diagnostic polysomnography from 1999 to
Michael V, Genuardi +6 more
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Short sleep duration and insomnia associated with hypertension incidence [PDF]
Insomnia and short sleep duration are potentially separate but overlapping constructs, both of which may confer independent risk for adverse health outcomes. Accordingly, it is important to consider both in the context of epidemiologic research. The paper by Meng et al.1 adopts precisely this approach when exploring if and how insomnia and/or short ...
Michael A, Grandner, Michael L, Perlis
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Insomnia with objective short sleep duration is associated with longer duration of insomnia in the Freiburg Insomnia Cohort compared to insomnia with normal sleep duration, but not with hypertension. [PDF]
To replicate the association between insomnia with objective short sleep duration and hypertension, type 2 diabetes and duration of insomnia.Retrospective case-control study.Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of ...
Anna F Johann +8 more
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Peruvians’ sleep duration: analysis of a population-based survey on adolescents and adults [PDF]
Background. Sleep duration, either short or long, has been associated with diseases such as obesity, type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Characterizing the prevalence and patterns of sleep duration at the population-level, especially in resource-
Basner +33 more
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Habitual short sleep duration and circulating endothelial progenitor cells [PDF]
Chronic short sleep duration has been linked to endothelial dysfunction and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are vital to endogenous vascular repair processes and cardiovascular health. We tested the hypothesis that habitual short sleep duration is associated with impairment in EPC number and ...
Weil, Brian R. +3 more
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