ArticleEuropean journal of epidemiology2017
Sleep duration, mortality and the influence of age.
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- The association between sleep duration and prostate cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Self-Reported Sleep Duration and Quality and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2018Pooled it
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- The impact of sleep health on cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in the general population.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Umbrella Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Review
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- Nonlinear Association Between Weekday Sleep Duration and COPD Risk: Evidence From NHANES 2017-2023.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025Article
- Association between sleep duration and disability in activities of daily living among Chinese older adults: a nationwide observational study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
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- Trends in sleep duration in the U.S. from 2004 to 2018: A decomposition analysis.SSM - population health · 2024Article
- Age Differences in the Association of Sleep Duration Trajectory With Cancer Risk and Cancer-Specific Mortality: Prospective Cohort Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Observational
- Sociodemographic predictors of the association between self-reported sleep duration and depression.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Prior work has shown that both short and long sleep predict mortality. However, sleep duration decreases with age and this may affect the relationship of sleep duration with mortality. The purpose of the present study was to assess whether the association between sleep duration and mortality varies with age. Prospective cohort study. 43,863 individuals (64% women), recruited in September 1997 during the Swedish National March and followed through record-linkages for 13 years. Sleep duration was self-reported and measured using the Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire, and grouped into 4 categories: ≤5, 6, 7 (reference) and ≥8 h. Up to 2010 3548 deaths occurred. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression models with attained age as time scale were fitted to estimate mortality rate ratios. Among individuals <65 years, short (≤5 h) and long (≥8 h) sleep duration showed a significant relationship with mortality (HR 1.37, 95% CI 1.09-1.71, and HR 1.27, 95% CI 1.08-1.48). Among individuals 65 years or older, no relationships between sleep duration and mortality were observed. The effect of short and long sleep duration on mortality was highest among young individuals and decreased with increasing age. The results suggest that age plays an important role in the relationship between sleep duration and mortality.
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