People who have trouble sleeping are at a higher risk of dying early - especially diabetics

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In a paper published by the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers reveal how they examined data* from half a million middle-aged UK participants asked if they had trouble falling asleep at night or woke up in the middle of the night.

The report found that people with frequent sleep problems are at a higher risk of dying than those without sleep problems. This grave outcome was more pronounced for people with Type-2 diabetes: during the nine years of the research, the study found that they were 87 per cent more likely to die of any cause than people without diabetes or sleep disturbances.

The study also found that people with diabetes and sleep problems were 12 per cent more likely to die over this period than those who had diabetes but not frequent sleep disturbances.

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People who have trouble sleeping are at a higher risk of dying early - especially diabetics

People with sleep problems are at an increased risk of dying young, finds a new study.
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I would highly recommend reading 'Why We Sleep' by Matthew Walker - really interesting 🙂
 
Thats a good link, thank you. Reinforces the point that if your a heavy snorer, take the Epworth sleep test to double check your risk of sleep apnea. Even if your going to bed for 10 hours, with apnea, you might only be getting an hour a night. It's serious, but treatable.

www.blf.org.uk

Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Information about the Epworth Sleepiness Scale
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I have no problem with sleep. Never had. If I become horizontal, I will fall asleep in 5 minutes. Learned how to do it when I was an on call working in hospitals, once learned, never forgotten.

Being on call as a GP (remember those days?) I can confirm that the commonest time to die is 3.00am.
 
I always blame lack of sleep snd weight.
 
mikeyB said:
I have no problem with sleep. Never had. If I become horizontal, I will fall asleep in 5 minutes. Learned how to do it when I was an on call working in hospitals, once learned, never forgotten.

Being on call as a GP (remember those days?) I can confirm that the commonest time to die is 3.00am.
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Will set the alarm and have one eye open at that time going forward, especially as I just disclosed the value of my life insurance policy to my wife
 
mikeyB said:
I have no problem with sleep. Never had. If I become horizontal, I will fall asleep in 5 minutes. Learned how to do it when I was an on call working in hospitals, once learned, never forgotten.

Being on call as a GP (remember those days?) I can confirm that the commonest time to die is 3.00am.
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I can do that, but I still wake in the night. I haven't had eight hours continuous sleep for decades.
 
Like sleep & sleep well usually, this last week not so with heat despite windows open & fan on.
 
I have always been a good sleeper too although it predates working shifts, it was certainly a helpful attribute during that period. Even when suffering stress pretty badly, my body's response was to shut down and switch off, which is undoubtedly a blessing.
Since my diabetes diagnosis I have had spells where I have woken frequently through the night to scan my Libre particularly when I have been suffering nocturnal hypos but I drop straight back off again and usually the sleep feels pretty deep and restful. My BG almost always drops as soon as I am horizontal. I joke that if I slept 24/7 I wouldn't be diabetic.

I think being a healthy weight may be a bigger factor than diabetes as regards good sleep. Even though I slept well before diagnosis.... well except for the multiple trips to the loo each night.... I definitely sleep better now that I have lost a bit of weight and exercise more frequently.
 
I have never had trouble sleeping but I have always been a very early riser.
 
Northerner said:
In a paper published by the Journal of Sleep Research, researchers reveal how they examined data* from half a million middle-aged UK participants asked if they had trouble falling asleep at night or woke up in the middle of the night.

The report found that people with frequent sleep problems are at a higher risk of dying than those without sleep problems. This grave outcome was more pronounced for people with Type-2 diabetes: during the nine years of the research, the study found that they were 87 per cent more likely to die of any cause than people without diabetes or sleep disturbances.
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They seem to have confounded cause and effect. Lack of sleep is an effect.
 
It’s an old thread that was resurrected by a sneaky spammer - now deleted and dealt with!
 
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