Another benefit of regular sleep

Tianyi Huang

doi:10.7554/eLife.94131

Another benefit of regular sleep

Elife. 2023 Dec 1:12:e94131. doi: 10.7554/eLife.94131.

Author

Tianyi Huang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.
² Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.

Abstract

A large observational study has found that irregular sleep-wake patterns are associated with a higher risk of overall mortality, and also mortality from cancers and cardiovascular disease.

Keywords: UK Biobank; actigraphy; circadian rhythms; epidemiology; global health; mortality; none; sleep; sleep regularity.

Publication types

Observational Study
Editorial

MeSH terms

Actigraphy
Cardiovascular Diseases* / prevention & control
Circadian Rhythm*
Humans
Sleep