from the gets-back-under-duvet-regardless dept.
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The impact of napping on heart health has been hotly contested. Many of the published studies on the topic have failed to consider napping frequency, or focused purely on cardiovascular disease deaths, or compared regular nappers with those not opting for a mini siesta, say the researchers.
In a bid to try and address these issues, they looked at the association between napping frequency and average nap duration and the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease 'events,' such as heart attack, stroke, or heart failure, among 3462 randomly selected residents of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Each participant was aged between 35 and 75, when recruited between 2003 and 2006 to the CoLaus study. This has been looking at the factors behind the development of cardiovascular disease. Participants' first check-up took place between 2009 and 2012, when information on their sleep and nap patterns in the previous week was collected, and their health was then subsequently monitored for an average of 5 years.
Over half (58%, 2014) of the participants said they didn't nap during the previous week; around one in five (19%, 667) said they took one to two naps; around one in 10 (12%, 411) said they took three to five; while a similar proportion (11%, 370) said they took six to seven.
Frequent nappers (3-7 naps a week) tended to be older, male, smokers, weigh more, and to sleep for longer at night than those who said they didn't nap during the day. And they reported more daytime sleepiness and more severe obstructive sleep apnea -- a condition in which the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, interrupting normal breathing.
During the monitoring period, there were 155 fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease 'events'.
Occasional napping, once to twice weekly, was associated with an almost halving in attack/stroke/heart failure risk (48%) compared with those who didn't nap at all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 15 2019, @07:34PM (1 child)
guess i'll die instead
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday September 16 2019, @03:23PM
Just have a good nap on the weak end.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 15 2019, @07:48PM
I am also between the ages of 35-75, living in Luasanne, Switzerland and had my first checkup between 2009-2012. Does this mean I am going to die in the next 5 years?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by istartedi on Sunday September 15 2019, @08:00PM
I find that when I nap, it's usually because I've pushed myself on some physical work or recreation. The extra work might be what makes you healthier. The nap might just be an affect.
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by Akemi Homura on Sunday September 15 2019, @09:01PM
At 3, a nap is a punishment. At 30, a nap is a reward.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Snotnose on Sunday September 15 2019, @10:19PM (3 children)
When I was in boy scouts I learned my sleeping pattern wasn't normal. I'd lay awake for an hour or more, but my tentmate would snore soon as his head hit the pillow.
I can't sleep in a car, train, or airplane. I can't sleep when the sun is up. Be nice to nap, but, yeah, no can do.
2 things I hate in life:
1) Going to bed
2) Waking up
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 15 2019, @10:21PM
Try saline nasal spray?
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Sunday September 15 2019, @11:22PM (1 child)
Same here pretty much. Huge amounts of physical exercise make it a bit easier to fall asleep but it still takes a while. I have too many thoughts going on to fall asleep immediately. When I do eventually get to sleep I generally need to sleep for a long while as well, so napping has never really worked.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 16 2019, @11:34AM
try magnesium supplement. it helped me a LOT to get quality sleep. or hit the gym everyday, it is better than Mg.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by number11 on Monday September 16 2019, @12:28AM (2 children)
So the ones who were older, male, smokers, overweight or had sleep apnea took a lot of naps, and were more likely to die. No shit, Sherlock, all of those things are contraindicated for long lifespan. But I strongly doubt that taking fewer naps would have made them live longer. Sounds like being unhealthy leads to more naps, and death. The non-nappers probably included the Type A personalities, who aren't going to waste their time on naps, and they also were more likely to die.
From the article:
So don't worry if you take naps. Worry if you have those other risk factors.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 16 2019, @04:08PM (1 child)
This is what your tax dollars pay for. About $30 billion per year of this junk plus immense suffering of animals to go along with it.
(Score: 2) by number11 on Thursday September 19 2019, @09:20PM
Hey, don't go calling UK citizens animals. Well, aside from the football (soccer) hooligans and Nigel and Boris. But it's good of you to volunteer to substitute for the real guinea pigs.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by RedIsNotGreen on Monday September 16 2019, @01:20AM (4 children)
Before agriculture and industry, we slept whenever we felt tired, more on rainy days, less on other days, naps whenever, and so on.
Our bodies are not evolved for strict regimens.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 16 2019, @09:00AM (1 child)
hunter gatherers in africa and south america sleep an average of 6 hours a day, with no naps.
my guess is that more sleep is needed for modern lifestyles (including naps) due to extra stress, hence extra brain-cleaning required.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Monday September 16 2019, @09:55AM
And some people need extra brain cleaning after what they've seen on the internet!
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Monday September 16 2019, @11:35AM
I would blame industrialization for our lack of sleep, more than agriculture. Farmers can take a nap any time they like, most of the year. Planting and harvesting are extremely labor intensive, with few breaks for anyone involved. The rest of the time, not so much.
(Score: 2) by etherscythe on Monday September 16 2019, @08:00PM
We also didn't evolve to deal with light and noise pollution. We aren't the only ones, either; lots of species are documented as being thrown off by artificial light sources and having to adjust their mating call frequencies (when possible - not all birds can).
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