{"id":601999,"date":"2023-12-20T19:05:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T16:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sleeping-longer-over-the-weekend-could-help-prevent-heart-attacks-says-study\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:05:35","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T16:05:35","slug":"sleeping-longer-over-the-weekend-could-help-prevent-heart-attacks-says-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sleeping-longer-over-the-weekend-could-help-prevent-heart-attacks-says-study\/","title":{"rendered":"#Sleeping longer over the weekend could help prevent heart attacks, says study"},"content":{"rendered":"
Didn\u2019t get enough sleep during the week? Take heart \u2014 catching up on shuteye over the weekend could provide the bonus of improved cardiovascular health<\/a>, according to a new study published in the journal Sleep Health.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Nanjing Medical University in China analyzed data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which compiled information from 3,400 U.S. adults ages 20 years and older between 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n

The survey gathered information on how long the participants slept on weekdays and weekends, as well as whether they had heart disease, high blood pressure<\/a> and\/or diabetes.<\/p>\n

FOR QUALITY SLEEP, TIMING IS EVERYTHING, EXPERTS SAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The people who slept for at least one hour longer on weekends than weekdays were shown to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease \u2014 in particular, stroke, coronary heart disease and angina (chest pain due to reduced blood flow) compared to those who didn\u2019t get catch-up sleep.<\/p>\n

The reduced risk was most significant among those who got less than six hours of sleep<\/a> on weekdays and slept for at least two extra hours on weekends.<\/p>\n

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