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Successful aging starts with a good night's sleep, study suggests
Medical Xpress / BMC Public Health ^ | Nov. 10, 2024 | Justin Jackson / Liuhong Tian et al

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.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: sleep
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“Successful aging was having no major physical or mental issues, coupled with a positive social life.

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.

1 posted on 11/22/2024 2:24:25 PM PST by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 11/22/2024 2:24:51 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Sleep? What is thing you call sleep...


3 posted on 11/22/2024 2:26:33 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ConservativeMind

Once again, Trump defies science. It’s said that he only sleeps about four hours a night.


4 posted on 11/22/2024 2:26:44 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (🎶 They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. 🎶)
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To: ConservativeMind

What is Trump’s secret? He seems to survive on four hours or less of sleep a night.


5 posted on 11/22/2024 2:27:33 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: ConservativeMind

No human successfully ages. Humanity as a whole is 1-117,000,000,000 versus death so far.


6 posted on 11/22/2024 2:28:18 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
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To: ConservativeMind
Successful aging starts with a good night's sleep, study suggests

So by not sleeping you will fail at aging, that is, not get all great and wrinkly. Deal!

7 posted on 11/22/2024 2:29:04 PM PST by Sirius Lee
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To: Sirius Lee

I conk out the Gutfeld is over-8pm. Wake up twice to pee. Mark Davis comes on at 5. I’m sleeping plenty.


8 posted on 11/22/2024 2:32:32 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ConservativeMind

That means Rip Van Biden will live to be at least 100 years old.


9 posted on 11/22/2024 2:36:40 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: ConservativeMind

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.


10 posted on 11/22/2024 2:40:24 PM PST by Veto! (Kamalala Sucks Rocks)
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To: SamAdams76

And eats McDonalds.


11 posted on 11/22/2024 2:59:10 PM PST by vivenne
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To: Chode

LOL. Exactly.


12 posted on 11/22/2024 3:07:20 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Thank God I only have to go after about 8 hours, because I would have trouble falling back to sleep otherwise.


13 posted on 11/22/2024 3:16:07 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Lizavetta

8^)


14 posted on 11/22/2024 3:30:04 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ConservativeMind

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!


15 posted on 11/22/2024 3:33:52 PM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Me too!


16 posted on 11/22/2024 3:51:25 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: ConservativeMind

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.


17 posted on 11/22/2024 3:54:54 PM PST by caver ( )
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To: ConservativeMind

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).


18 posted on 11/22/2024 4:22:12 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

Ping self to read later tonight when I wake up. ;)


19 posted on 11/22/2024 5:22:45 PM PST by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: Colorado Doug

Ha. That’s a good 💭💤💤💭💭💤💤 joke. Sorry, I think I dozed off.


20 posted on 11/22/2024 5:26:34 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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