(www.neomundo.com.ar) the appropriate amount of time to sleep could be the secret to live many years. women lie more than five hours and less than eight tend to maintain a better longevity, concluded a new investigation that lasted 14 years.

the authors of the University of California, San Diego (United States) felt surprised by the results. “We observe the best survival rate in women who slept more than five and less than eight hours per day. the ladies who rested a greater or lesser amount of time showed less likely to be living in the 14 years that the study,” said Daniel Kripke, one of the authors.

its conclusions were published in the journal Sleep Medicine.

Sleep to live more time

< p> Researchers worked with 459 women 50 to 81 years of age in order to analyze a possible relationship between the duration of sleep and longevity. at the beginning of the study volunteers answered questions about their habits of sleep and its health. in turn, each volunteer took her wrist monitors activity objectively measured while engaged in the rest.

fourteen years later, Kripke and his team returned to enter in contact with them to see if remained alive and in an optimal state of health. in total managed to locate 444 women, i.e. almost all participants of the research. in total, 86 women had died.

the authors noted to rest more than five hours and less than eight was the appropriate measure, but they stressed that sleep between 6.5 and 7.5 hours per day was associated with the chances higher continue alive.

< p> Kripke zei dat zijn onderzoek de vrees van sommige vrouwen die geloven dat de hoeveelheid tijd die ze niet genoeg slapen moet wegnemen. “onze studie toont aan dat de dames die slechts vijf tot zes uur en een half slapen geen zorgen over iets maken moeten, aangezien dit bedrag van rest aansluit bij een uitstekende overlevingskansen,” zei.

de specialist zei dat ze gevonden andere interessante feiten, zoals Obstructieve Slaap Apneu wordt niet verhoogd sterfte bij vrouwen boven de leeftijd van 60 jaar.

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