Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Lack of sleep can lead to heart attack or stroke


Night's sleep, which lasts less than 7.5 hours, is the fault of 33 percent of cardiovascular disease and attacks, such as strokes and heart attacks

Results of the analysis of scientists published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Archives of Internal Medicine. "

Japanese researchers for over 50 months were watching a dream in 1255 people suffering from high blood pressure, according to newsme.com.ua. They have daytime and nighttime blood pressure checked, sleep duration and the presence of heart attacks, such as stroke, myocardial infarction and irreversible cardiac arrest.

As a result, doctors have registered 99 cases of cardiovascular disease, and found that among those who slept less than 7.5 hours of knocking, your risk of stroke was 2.4 per 100 man-years. For those who slept more - 1.8 per 100 man-years.

In addition, it was found that cardiovascular disease are more prone to those with night on the rise in blood pressure.

"Shorter sleep duration is a predictor of cardiovascular disease in older persons with hypertension," - writes in a research article, the author Kazuo Eguchi.

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