Healthy sleep habits help lower risk of heart failure, says study

Researchers have revealed that adults with the healthiest sleep pattern have 42 per cent lower risk of heart failure regardless of other risk factors compared to adults with unhealthy sleep patterns.
Healthy sleep habits help lower risk of heart failure, says study

NEW YORK: Researchers have revealed that adults with the healthiest sleep pattern have 42 per cent lower risk of heart failure regardless of other risk factors compared to adults with unhealthy sleep patterns.

Healthy sleep patterns are rising in the morning, sleeping 7-8 hours a day and having no frequent insomnia, snoring or excessive daytime sleepiness besides other sleep-related features, such as whether the participant was an early bird or night owl and if they had any daytime sleepiness, the study published in the journal 'Circulation' said.

"Our findings highlight the importance of improving the overall sleep patterns to help prevent heart failure," said study author Lu Qi from the Tulane University in the US.

"The healthy sleep score we created was based on the scoring of these sleep behaviours," said Qi.

Sleep behaviours were collected through touchscreen questionnaires. Sleep duration was defined into three groups: short, or less than seven hours a day; recommended, or even to eight hours a day; and prolonged, or nine hours or more a day.

The findings showed that participants with the healthiest sleep pattern had a 42 per cent reduction in the risk of heart failure compared to people with an unhealthy sleep pattern.

They also found the risk of heart failure was independently associated and: eight per cent lower in early risers, 12 per cent lower in those who slept 7 to 8 hours daily, 17 per cent lower in those who did not have frequent insomnia and 34 per cent lower in those reporting no daytime sleepiness.

The researchers noted other unmeasured or unknown adjustments may have also influenced the findings. (IANS)

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