Short Sleep Ups Your Risk of Stroke

June 11, 2012

Here’s a surprising finding that was presented at the SLEEP meeting: Sleeping less than 6 hours increases your risk of stroke by over 4 times. These people did not have obstructive sleep apnea or were not obese. It just goes to show that length of sleep is just as important as quality sleep.

Written by Steven Park · Filed Under Blog 
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One Response to “Short Sleep Ups Your Risk of Stroke”

  1. Dr. Deb on June 15th, 2012 2:49 pm

    OK, but who did the sleep studies that showed they didn’t have OSA? which hypopnea criteria were used to score the studies?
    I bet it wasn’t Stanford, and that recommended criteria were used.

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