Sleep Duration Associated with Mortality in Elderly, but not Middle-Aged, Adults in a Large US Sample
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James E. Gangwisch, Steven B. Heymsfield, Bernadette Boden‐Albala, Ruud M. Buijs, Felix Kreier, Mark Opler
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The relationship between sleep duration and mortality is largely influenced by deaths in elderly subjects and by the measurement of sleep durations closely before death, and long sleep duration is unlikely to contribute toward mortality but, rather, is a consequence of medical conditions and age-related sleep changes.
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The relationship between sleep duration and mortality is largely influenced by deaths in elderly subjects and by the measurement of sleep durations closely before death. Long sleep duration is unlikely to contribute toward mortality but, rather, is a consequence of medical conditions and age-related sleep changes.
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