Posted on 11/22/2024 2:24:25 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Researchers have discovered that changes in sleep patterns as we age are associated with lower odds of successful aging.
In the study, researchers analyzed 3,306 participants who were free of major chronic diseases at baseline in 2011 and had reached age 60 or older by 2020. Sleep duration was assessed in 2011, 2013, and 2015 by combining nighttime sleep and daytime naps to calculate total daily sleep hours.
The researchers identified five distinct sleep duration trajectories over the nine-year period: normal-stable (26.1% of participants), long-stable (26.7%), decreasing (7.3%), increasing (13.7%), and short-stable (26.2%). Logistic regression models adjusted for factors like age, sex, marital status, education level, household expenditure, lifestyle behaviors, and body type were used to examine the association between these sleep patterns and successful aging.
Using latent class mixed models (an algorithm that allows for comparison between disparate groups), researchers decided that individuals maintaining a normal-stable sleep pattern would serve as the reference group.
Participants with increasing and short stable sleep trajectories exhibited significantly lower odds of successful aging, with adjusted odds ratios of 0.64 and 0.48, respectively. The decreasing sleep pattern also showed reduced odds (adjusted OR of 0.64), though this did not reach statistical significance. The long-stable sleep pattern did not significantly differ from the normal-stable group.
Overall, just 13.8% of the cohort met the definition of successful aging by 2020.
Routine shorter and longer sleep durations over time may be hindering successful aging by disrupting physiological and psychological well-being. The patterns found in the study align with previous research linking irregular sleep habits to adverse health outcomes.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
The two good sleep categories were “Long stable,” meaning 8-9 hours of sleep every day, or “Normal stable,” which was 7 hours every day.
Sleep? What is thing you call sleep...
Once again, Trump defies science. It’s said that he only sleeps about four hours a night.
What is Trump’s secret? He seems to survive on four hours or less of sleep a night.
No human successfully ages. Humanity as a whole is 1-117,000,000,000 versus death so far.
So by not sleeping you will fail at aging, that is, not get all great and wrinkly. Deal!
I conk out the Gutfeld is over-8pm. Wake up twice to pee. Mark Davis comes on at 5. I’m sleeping plenty.
That means Rip Van Biden will live to be at least 100 years old.
My cat and I sleep 9 - 10 hours every night. I’m very old and she just turned 7, considered a senior cat now. I’m mentally sound, but she’s a nutcase.
And eats McDonalds.
LOL. Exactly.
Thank God I only have to go after about 8 hours, because I would have trouble falling back to sleep otherwise.
8^)
If anyone has a good idea (that works) on how to sleep at least 7 hours let me know. I’ve tried everything! It has been years since I’ve slept more than 4 hours at a time. It’s exhausting!
Me too!
Geez, the older I get, the worse my sleeping habits get. Right now, I have to get up every 1 1/2 hours to pee because of water pills. And then my neck gets in bad position and makes my arms go numb. And that is on top of all kind of other aches and pains.
Big problem for me all my life and for millions.
But outside of the Mike Huckabee tv ads....
1/3 of Americans have sleep deprivation to some extent.
An estimated 50–70 million Americans have chronic sleep disorders. The most common sleep disorders are insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome (RLS), and sleep apnea.
14.5% of adults had trouble falling asleep and 17.8% had trouble staying asleep. Women were more likely than men to have trouble sleeping.
nhlbi.nih.gov (Nat.Heart, Lung and Blood Institute website).
Ping self to read later tonight when I wake up. ;)
Ha. That’s a good 💭💤💤💭💭💤💤 joke. Sorry, I think I dozed off.
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