United States: In a recent field study of over 72,000 people, researchers found that a specific sleeping pattern – boosts the risk of major cardiovascular issues by many folds.
However, as the experts state, the risky pattern is easy to avoid.
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The absence of sufficient sleep is well known to have health consequences, which is a no-brainer.
However, the research showed that poor quality sleep raises women’s odds of heart disease, higher pain levels, more likelihood of developing dementia, and so on, newatlas.com reported.
Therefore, investigators are now beginning to turn their attention not just to the quantity of sleep people get but the quality of that sleep.
Focus on quality of sleep
For instance, research has shown that oversleeping may reduce the ability to think or that wake-sleep schedules that are irregular can lead to high blood pressure, obesity, and other related metabolic diseases.
Researchers in Australia and Canada have just revealed that irregular sleep patterns raise the risk of getting some types of cardiovascular disease – including heart attack, heart failure, and stroke – by 26 percent.
The information collected from those devices was then used to calculate a sleep regularity index (SRI) from 0-100 using variability in bedtime, wake times, sleep duration, and how many times someone rose during the night.
Previous sleep regularity was measured using SRIs, with 87 and above defined as regular sleepers, while those with 72 and below were classified as irregular sleepers. Participants who scored in between the two were deemed to be of moderate sleep disruption, newatlas.com reported.
After the participants had been categorized as regular, moderately irregular, or regular sleepers, they were followed up for eight years for cases of heart attack, heart failure, and stroke.
Not only did the analysis show that irregular sleepers are 26 percent more at risk of heart failure, but moderately irregular sleepers are 8 percent more at risk of major cardiovascular disease.