Successful aging starts with a good night's sleep, study suggests

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-22 22:41:24 | Updated at 2024-11-23 11:33:00 13 hours ago

Successful aging starts with a good night's sleep, study suggests
Medical Xpress / BMC Public Health ^ | Nov. 10, 2024 | Justin Jackson / Liuhong Tian et al

Posted on 11/22/2024 2:24:25 PM PST by ConservativeMind

Researchers have discovered that changes in sleep patterns as we age are associated with lower odds of successful aging.

In the study, researchers analyzed 3,306 participants who were free of major chronic diseases at baseline in 2011 and had reached age 60 or older by 2020. Sleep duration was assessed in 2011, 2013, and 2015 by combining nighttime sleep and daytime naps to calculate total daily sleep hours.

The researchers identified five distinct sleep duration trajectories over the nine-year period: normal-stable (26.1% of participants), long-stable (26.7%), decreasing (7.3%), increasing (13.7%), and short-stable (26.2%). Logistic regression models adjusted for factors like age, sex, marital status, education level, household expenditure, lifestyle behaviors, and body type were used to examine the association between these sleep patterns and successful aging.

Using latent class mixed models (an algorithm that allows for comparison between disparate groups), researchers decided that individuals maintaining a normal-stable sleep pattern would serve as the reference group.

Participants with increasing and short stable sleep trajectories exhibited significantly lower odds of successful aging, with adjusted odds ratios of 0.64 and 0.48, respectively. The decreasing sleep pattern also showed reduced odds (adjusted OR of 0.64), though this did not reach statistical significance. The long-stable sleep pattern did not significantly differ from the normal-stable group.

Overall, just 13.8% of the cohort met the definition of successful aging by 2020.

Routine shorter and longer sleep durations over time may be hindering successful aging by disrupting physiological and psychological well-being. The patterns found in the study align with previous research linking irregular sleep habits to adverse health outcomes.

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“Successful aging was having no major physical or mental issues, coupled with a positive social life.

The two good sleep categories were “Long stable,” meaning 8-9 hours of sleep every day, or “Normal stable,” which was 7 hours every day.

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2 posted on 11/22/2024 2:24:51 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)

To: ConservativeMind

Sleep? What is thing you call sleep...

3 posted on 11/22/2024 2:26:33 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)

To: ConservativeMind

Once again, Trump defies science. It’s said that he only sleeps about four hours a night.

4 posted on 11/22/2024 2:26:44 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (🎶 They're eating the dogs. They're eating the cats. 🎶)

To: ConservativeMind

What is Trump’s secret? He seems to survive on four hours or less of sleep a night.

5 posted on 11/22/2024 2:27:33 PM PST by SamAdams76

To: ConservativeMind

No human successfully ages. Humanity as a whole is 1-117,000,000,000 versus death so far.

6 posted on 11/22/2024 2:28:18 PM PST by Frank Drebin (And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)

To: ConservativeMind

Successful aging starts with a good night's sleep, study suggests

So by not sleeping you will fail at aging, that is, not get all great and wrinkly. Deal!

7 posted on 11/22/2024 2:29:04 PM PST by Sirius Lee

To: Sirius Lee

I conk out the Gutfeld is over-8pm. Wake up twice to pee. Mark Davis comes on at 5. I’m sleeping plenty.

8 posted on 11/22/2024 2:32:32 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET

To: ConservativeMind

That means Rip Van Biden will live to be at least 100 years old.

9 posted on 11/22/2024 2:36:40 PM PST by KeyLargo

To: ConservativeMind

My cat and I sleep 9 - 10 hours every night. I’m very old and she just turned 7, considered a senior cat now. I’m mentally sound, but she’s a nutcase.

10 posted on 11/22/2024 2:40:24 PM PST by Veto! (Kamalala Sucks Rocks)

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