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Not Getting Proper Sleep May Lead to Cardiovascular Disease In Men

In the study, men who slept for 5 or fewer hours had twice the risk of developing cardiovascular disease than others

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We all love eating into our sleep time to... just while away our time, I guess. Whether it’s randomly scrolling through our phones or binging on TV shows, most people are up till wee hours even on work or school nights.

Not that we don’t already know how it’s harming us. But here’s another warning.

A new study has linked inadequate sleep to cardiovascular disease. It found that men who sleep five hours or less per night have twice the risk of developing a major cardiovascular event during the following two decades of their lives than those who sleep seven to eight hours.

Moa Bengtsson, author of the research which was recently presented at a meeting in Germany, has said that the study was observational. Therefore, it can’t be definitely said that less sleep will cause cardiovascular disease or sleeping more will reduce the risk, but the findings suggest that some link is there and sleep is important for good health. Further ANI quoted her as saying:

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