Sleep quality and duration – Potentially modifiable risk factors for Coronary Artery Disease?

摘要

PurposePrevious studies have shown that lack of sleep exerts deleterious effects on a variety of systems with detectable changes in metabolic, endocrine and immune pathways. Both short and long sleep durations are related to increased likelihood of diabetes and hypertension. However, the relation between sleep duration, sleep quality and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is not clear in the Indian population. We examined the hypothesis that sleep duration (compared with <6 h) and quality of sleep (PSQI > 5) are risk factors for CAD.