Sleep debt: the impact of weekday sleep deprivation on cardiovascular health in older women.

ABSTRACT: Short sleep duration is associated with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, it is uncertain whether sleep debt, a measure of sleep deficiency during the week compared to the weekend, confers increased cardiovascular risk. Because sleep disturbances increase with age particularly in women, we examined the relationship between sleep debt and ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) in older women. Sleep debt is defined as the difference between self-reported total weekday and weekend sleep hours of at least 2 hours among women without apparent CVD and cancer participating in the Women's Health Stress Study follow-up cohort of female health professionals (N = 22 082). The ICH consisted of seven health factors and behaviors as defined by the American Heart Association Strategic 2020

SUBMITTER: Cabeza de Baca T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6783901 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature