Experts urge sleep disorders to be assessed and included as a cardiovascular risk factor. People who suffer from insomnia were 69% more likely to have a heart attack compared to those who didn’t have the sleep disorder during an average nine years of follow-up, according to new research being pre
New research has found that individuals with insomnia are 69% more likely to have a heart attack over an average nine-year follow-up period, compared to those without the sleep disorder. Additionally, individuals who sleep five or fewer hours per night have the highest risk of heart attack. The study also found that individuals with both diabetes and insomnia are twice as likely to have a heart attack. In addition, heart attacks occurred more often in women with insomnia.
“Based on our pooled data, insomnia should be considered a risk factor for developing a heart attack, and we need to do a better job of educating people about how dangerous [lack of good sleep] can be,” Dean said. “Not surprisingly, people with insomnia who also had high blood pressure, cholesterol, or diabetes had an even higher risk of having a heart attack than those who didn’t,” Dean said. “People with diabetes who also have insomnia had a twofold likelihood of having a heart attack.”
Non-restorative sleep and daytime dysfunction, however, were not associated with heart attack, suggesting that those who only complain of feeling unrefreshed upon waking up without any lack of sleep aren’t at an increased risk of heart attacks, Dean said.
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