Healthy sleep patterns and risk of hospitalization for infection: a large community-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Sleep behaviours are potentially modifiable risk factors for infectious disease. However, little is known about the combined effects of multiple sleep factors on the risk of infections. We investigated the prospective associations of combined healthy sleep patterns with the risk of hospitalization for infection in 397,523 participants (mean (SD) age: 56.3 (8.1) years) from the UK Biobank. Healthy sleep patterns were defined by healthy sleep scores according to a combination of adequate sleep duration (7-8 h/day), early chronotype, no insomnia, and no excessive daytime sleepiness. During a median follow-up of 13.5 (interquartile range: 12.4-14.2) years, 60,377 cases of hospitalization for any infection were documented. A healthy sleep score was inversely associated with the risk of hospital

SUBMITTER: Li HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11950331 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature