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Mortality Risk Associated with Sleeping Patterns Among Adults

Wingard, Deborah L., Berkman, Lisa F.·1983·Sleep
DOI 10.1093/sleep/6.2.102
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The mortality risk associated with different sleeping patterns was assessed by use of the 1965 Human Population Laboratory survey of a random sample of 6928 adults in Alameda County, CA and a subsequent 9-year mortality follow-up. The analysis indicates that mortality rates from ischemic heart disease, cancer, stroke, and all causes combined were lowest for individuals sleeping 7 or 8 h per night. Men sleeping 6 h or less or 9 h or more had 1.7 times the total age-adjusted death rate of men sleeping 7 or 8 h per night. The comparable relative risk for women was 1.6. The association between sleeping patterns and all causes of mortality was found to be independent of self-reported trouble sleeping and self-reported physical health status at the time of the 1965 survey. Simultaneous adjustment for age, sex, race, socioeconomic status, physical health status, smoking history, physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, weight status, use of health services, social networks, and life satisfaction reduced the relative mortality risk associated with sleeping patterns to 1.3 (p less than or equal to 0.04).

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  • Those who sleep 7 hours have lower risks of death than those who sleep 8 hours.

    “those who sleep 7 hours have lower risks of death than those who sleep 8 hours (14,(16)(17)(18).”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Self-reported sleep duration is widely used in epidemiologic studies and is the basis of research on the relation between sleep duration and mortality.

    “Self-reported sleep duration is widely used in epidemiologic studies and is the basis of research on the relation between sleep duration and mortality (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19).”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Multinomial logistic regression models used 7 hours of sleep as the comparison group because that sleep duration is associated with the lowest mortality risk.

    “Multinomial logistic regression models used 7 hours of sleep as the comparison group, because that sleep duration is associated with the lowest mortality risk (14,(16)(17)(18)”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Many covariates have established relations with the risk of death and might account for the relation between sleep duration and mortality.

    “Many of our covariates have established relations with the risk of death (25,65) and might account for the relation between sleep duration and mortality (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18).”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [17]

  • Prior studies have shown that those who sleep 8 hours have 12%-35% increased risks of death compared with those who sleep 7 hours.

    “Prior studies have shown that those who sleep 8 hours have 12%-35% increased risks of death compared with those who sleep 7 hours (14,(16)(17)(18)”

    From Sleep Duration in the United States: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study (2009) · cites this paper as [17]

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Authors
Wingard, D. L., & Berkman, L. F.
Affiliations
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Yale University (US)
ORCID
Berkman, Lisa F.
Venue
Sleep
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
1983-09
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
102-107
ISSN
  • 0161-8105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-9109
DOI
10.1093/sleep/6.2.102
OpenAlex
W2400661044
Cited by
371
References
0
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • SLEEP (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
sleep duration, mortality risk, ischemic heart disease, cancer mortality, stroke mortality, all-cause mortality, sex differences, confounding adjustment
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, California, Cerebrovascular Disorders, Coronary Disease, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Neoplasms, Risk, Sleep Stages

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