Posted on 09/01/2010 6:39:27 PM PDT by markomalley
HERSHEY, Pa., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Men who complain of chronic insomnia and who sleep less than 6 hours a night have an increased risk of dying, U.S. researchers say.
Principal investigator Dr. Alexandros Vgontzas at Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa., and colleagues had 1,000 women with a mean age of 47 years, and 741 men with an average age of 50, provide a comprehensive sleep histories in which insomnia was defined as a complaint lasting at least one year. Each participant also received a physical exam and had sleep evaluated in a sleep laboratory where sleep duration was measured objectively by polysomnography.
The study, published in the journal Sleep, finds compared to men without insomnia who slept for 6 hours or more, men with chronic insomnia who slept for less than 6 hours were four times more likely to die during the 14-year follow-up period -- after factoring in for body mass index, smoking, alcohol, depression and obstructive sleep apnea.
"Until now no study has demonstrated that insomnia is associated with mortality," Vgontzas says in a statement. "Our different results are based on our novel approach to define insomnia both on a subjective complaint and the objective physiological marker of short sleep duration measured in the sleep lab."
hhhhha.....
Zzzzzzzz...
Well, I’m going to sleep on this......
I should have been dead years ago.
Damn, I usually just sleep three hours a night and have done so since high school.
My wife is the same as she only sleeps a few hours a night.
The study forgot to mention lack of sleep caused by hanging out on FreeRepublc INCREASED a persons life expectancy. Joe - you'll live to be 101 - and die at your keyboard.
If they don’t settle exactly how many people attended the Glen Beck rally, I’m a goner.
Well, let’s see, after working the all night shift at the post office for 10+ years I should have been dead before my 40th birthday. Maybe I’m just UNDEAD now ! ! !
The study forgot to mention lack of sleep caused by hanging out on FreeRepublc INCREASED a persons life expectancy. Joe - you'll live to be 101 - and die at your keyboard.
Ping
Interesting...
I sleep about 5-6 hours a night. I have done this nearly my whole life. I am 56 years old, but look less than 40. My heart is in great shape (a stress test three months ago cleared me for mountain climbing) and my BP is normal. My only issue is that I have diabetes, but it is mostly in control.
When I sleep, I sleep heavy, but I wake up without an alarm after about 5 hours. Don’t know why. When I do wake, I can’t go back to sleep, nor do I nap at any time during the day.
Maybe I am the exception to the rule.
Me too
To counter this they need to start drinking then they will live longer.
***I thought EVERYONE has a 100% chance of dying***
Not me. I am planning to live forever.
So far, so good.
I am going to die tomorrow
They are staying awake...to guard against someone attempting to kill them.
“I thought EVERYONE has a 100% chance of dying.”
Funny!! (But TRUE)
If it was only that easy..........
Who writes these headlines?
A third grader?
An increased risk of dying?
As opposed to what?
Living forever?
I never sleep more than 6 hours.
Sometimes I Work all day and all night.
Sleep for four hours and do it again.
And if I die at my keyboard while on FR it will be like dying with
my boots on.
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