Contribution of short sleep duration to ethnic differences in cardiovascular disease: results from a cohort study in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We analysed association between short sleep duration and prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a multiethnic population living in the Netherlands, and the contribution of short sleep to the observed ethnic differences in the prevalence of CVD, independent of CVD risk factors.

Methods

20 730 participants (aged 18-71 years) of the HELIUS (Healthy Life in an Urban Setting) Study were investigated. Self-reported sleep duration was classified as: short (<7 hours/night) and healthy (7-9 hours/night). Prevalence of CVD was assessed using the Rose Questionnaire on angina pectoris, intermittent claudication and possible myocardial infarction. Association of short sleep duration with prevalent CVD and the contribution of short sleep to the observed ethnic difference

SUBMITTER: Anujuo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5702024 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature