Sleep duration and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review with meta-analysis

AA da Silva, RGB de Mello, CW Schaan, FD Fuchs… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective The purpose of our study was to evaluate the association between short and long
sleep duration and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among elderly individuals. Design …

Sleep duration and health correlates among university students in 26 countries

K Peltzer, S Pengpid - Psychology, health & medicine, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to investigate sleep duration and its health correlates in university
students from 26 low-, middle-and high-income countries. Using anonymous questionnaires …

Longer sleep duration and midday napping are associated with a higher risk of CHD incidence in middle-aged and older Chinese: the Dongfeng-Tongji cohort study

L Yang, H Yang, M He, AN Pan, X Li, X Min, CE Zhang… - Sleep, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To analyze the independent and combined relations of sleep
duration and midday napping with coronary heart diseases (CHD) incidence along with the …

[HTML][HTML] Daytime napping, sleep duration and increased 8-year risk of type 2 diabetes in a British population

Y Leng, FP Cappuccio, PG Surtees, R Luben… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and aims Few studies have prospectively examined the relationship between
daytime napping and risk of type 2 diabetes. We aimed to study the effects of daytime …

Sleep duration and midday napping with 5-year incidence and reversion of metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and older Chinese

L Yang, Z Xu, M He, H Yang, X Li, X Min, C Zhang… - Sleep, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: Prospective evidence on the association of sleep duration and
midday napping with metabolic syndrome (MetS) is limited. We aimed to examine the …

Heart rate variability during daytime naps in healthy adults: Autonomic profile and short‐term reliability

N Cellini, LN Whitehurst, EA McDevitt… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In healthy individuals, a reduction in cardiovascular output and a shift to
parasympathetic/vagal dominant activity is observed across nocturnal sleep. This cardiac …

Self‐reported sleep duration, napping, and incident heart failure: prospective associations in the British Regional Heart Study

SG Wannamethee, O Papacosta… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To examine the associations between self‐reported nighttime sleep duration and
daytime sleep and incident heart failure (HF) in men with and without preexisting …

Napping and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a population-based prospective study

C Hublin, M Lehtovirta, M Partinen, M Koskenvuo… - Sleep medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Some studies indicate an association between napping and increased risk of type
2 diabetes. We studied this prospectively in a sample representative of general population …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep duration, daytime napping, markers of obstructive sleep apnea and stroke in a population of southern China

Y Wen, FH Pi, P Guo, WY Dong, YQ Xie, XY Wang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Sleep habits are associated with stroke in western populations, but this relation has been
rarely investigated in China. Moreover, the differences among stroke subtypes remain …

Association of shift-work, daytime napping, and nighttime sleep with cancer incidence and cancer-caused mortality in Dongfeng-tongji cohort study

Y Bai, X Li, K Wang, S Chen, S Wang, Z Chen… - Annals of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Few studies investigated the combined effects of night-shift work, daytime
napping, and nighttime sleep on cancer incidence and mortality. Methods: A total of 25,377 …