A Prospective Study of Sleep Duration and Mortality Risk in Women | Zendy

Sanjay R. Patel | Zendy; Najib Ayas | Zendy; Mark R. Malhotra | Zendy; David P. White | Zendy; Eva Schernhammer | Zendy; Frank E. Speizer | Zendy; Meir J. Stampfer | Zendy; Frank B. Hu | Zendy

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A Prospective Study of Sleep Duration and Mortality Risk in Women

Author(s) -

Sanjay R. Patel,

Najib Ayas,

Mark R. Malhotra,

David P. White,

Eva Schernhammer,

Frank E. Speizer,

Meir J. Stampfer,

Frank B. Hu

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.1093/sleep/27.3.440

Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , confidence interval , sleep (system call) , obesity , relative risk , depression (economics) , nurses' health study , observational study , body mass index , demography , sociology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics , operating system

It is commonly believed that 8 hours of sleep per night is optimal for good health. However, recent studies suggest the risk of death is lower in those sleeping 7 hours. We prospectively examined the association between sleep duration and mortality in women to better understand the effect of sleep duration on health.

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