The Effect of Short Sleep Duration on Coronary Heart Disease Risk is Greatest Among Those with Sleep Disturbance: A Prospective Study from the Whitehall II Cohort
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Tarani Chandola, Jane E. Ferrie, Aleksander Perski, Tasnime Akbaraly, Michael Marmot
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The effect of short sleep (< or = 6 hours) on increasing CHD risk is greatest among those who reported some sleep disturbance, however, among participants who did not report anySleep disturbance, there was little evidence that short sleep hours increasedCHD risk.
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The effect of short sleep (< or = 6 hours) on increasing CHD risk is greatest among those who reported some sleep disturbance. However, among participants who did not report any sleep disturbance, there was little evidence that short sleep hours increased CHD risk.
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