This One Is Kind Of Scary Re Stroke Risk And Decreased Sleep

[Steve Williams]

Top Risk of Stroke for Normal-Weight Adults: Getting Under 6 Hours of Sleep
ScienceDaily (June 11, 2012) — Habitually sleeping less than six hours a night significantly increases the risk of stroke symptoms among middle-age to older adults who are of normal weight and at low risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study of 5,666 people followed for up to three years.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120611092341.htm

 

[rockitman]

depressing. I average 5-6 hrs.

 

[Ronm1]

Wow, that's a strange one, Steve.

 

[Steve Williams]

I can think of my 35 years of doing Ob and being up nights with next to no sleep

 

[Mike]

It would be interesting to know more about the demographics and medical history, etc. of the different groups, as there could be confounding factors present.

 

[audioguy]

I won't be showing this thread to my bride! (she comments regularly how little sleep I get)

 

[Ronm1]

I can think of my 35 years of doing Ob and being up nights with next to no sleep

H/w, s/w analysis on system/cluster outages had a similar sleep deprived pedigree. Course lives or someones health would not be at stake, just beaucoup $'s.

 

[Mosin]

I'm dead meat because I sometimes skip a day without sleep. Otherwise, four or five hours covers it.