Sleep Duration, Comorbidities, and Mortality in Korean Health Examinees: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The association between long sleep duration and mortality is frequently attributed to the confounding influence of comorbidities. Nevertheless, past efforts to account for comorbidities have yielded inconsistent outcomes. The objective of this study was to evaluate this relationship using a large prospective cohort in Korea.

Methods

The study included 114 205 participants from the Health Examinees Study, who were followed for a median of 9.1 years. A composite comorbidity score was developed to summarize the effects of 21 diseases. Using Cox proportional hazards regression, hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular mortality associated with sleep duration were estimated. These estimates were adjusted for socio

SUBMITTER: Min S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579632 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature