Erratic Sleep Habits Could Raise Heart Attack, Stroke Risk

According to findings of a new study published in the March issue of ‘The Journal of the American College of Cardiology,’ those whose sleep varied two hours or more a night were twice as likely to have heart events as those whose sleep varied by fewer than 60 minutes.

Similarly, over one year, eight of every 1,000 people with the most consistent sleep patterns had a heart event, compared with 20 in 1,000 of those with the most irregular sleep.

The lead author, Tianyi Huang, said this study suggested that healthy sleep wasn’t just about quantity but about consistency and that it could have an important effect on heart health.


 It only shows an association, rather than a cause-and-effect link, added Huang, who is  an associate epidemiologist in the Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in the U.S.

He said: “When we talk about interventions to prevent heart attacks and stroke, we focus on diet and exercise.

“Even when we talk about sleep, we tend to focus on duration — how many hours a person sleeps each night — but not on sleep irregularity and the impact of going to bed at different times or sleeping different amounts from night to night.”

The researchers analysed data from nearly 2,000 Americans between 45 and 84 years of age who did not have heart disease.

The ‘NewsmaxHealth’ reported that participants wore a wrist device that monitored their sleep for seven days, including bedtime, sleep duration and wake time.

They were then followed for an average of nearly five years during which 111 participants had a heart attack, stroke or other heart event.

“In the future,” Huang said, “we’d like to explore whether changing one’s sleep patterns by going to bed consistently each night may reduce a person’s risk of future cardiovascular events.”

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