Catching Up on Sleep on Weekends Associated With 20% Lower Risk of Heart Disease
A study presented at the 2024 European Society of Cardiology meeting examined data from 90,903 adults in the UK Biobank project, a database holding medical and lifestyle records of 500,000 people in the UK. Of these, 19,816 met the criteria for being sleep deprived. Over a follow-up period of 14 years, the researchers found that the people who had the most extra sleep during the weekends were 19% less likely to develop heart disease than those with the least amount of weekend sleep. The lowered risk of heart disease was even more pronounced for people who regularly experience inadequate sleep on weekdays.
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