It is best to get enough sleep every day, but it is also effective to make up for insufficient sleep on the weekend.
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If you don’t get enough sleep, you can reduce your risk of heart disease by supplementing your sleep with naps on weekends. [사진=클립아트코리아]For people who are normally tired, taking a nap on the weekend or on a day off seems to be helpful in maintaining their health by supplementing the sleep they lack. CNN, an American broadcaster, reported data released by the European Society of Cardiology showing that napping on weekends lowers the risk of developing heart disease by about 19%.
Dr. Yanjun Song, director of the National Key Research Institute of Cardiovascular Disease at Fuwai Hospital in Beijing, China, said, “The association between napping on weekends and lower risk of developing the disease was noticeable in people who did not regularly get enough sleep on weekdays.”
The research team investigated the amount of sleep using data from 90,903 people from the UK Biobank. They were divided into four groups according to the amount of sleep they supplemented on the weekend. Group 1 slept 0.26 to 16.05 hours less on weekends, and Group 4 slept 1.28 to 16 hours more on weekends.
After 14 years of follow-up, the group with the most weekend compensatory sleep was 19% less likely to develop cardiovascular diseases, including heart disease, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and stroke, than the group with the least weekend compensatory sleep.
In the subgroup of participants who experienced daily sleep deprivation (sleeping less than 7 hours a night), those who got the most compensatory sleep had a 20% lower risk of heart disease than those who got the least sleep. There was no difference by gender.
“We can see the negative impact chronic sleep deprivation has on cardiovascular health,” said Dr. Nica Golgberg, assistant professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine.
Studies on weekend sleep supplementation have also yielded mixed results. “Other studies have shown that attempts to compensate for sleep loss have not been effective,” said Dr. Mata Gulati, director of preventive cardiology at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.
Doctors said it’s best to maintain a regular sleep pattern each day, but if you’re sleep-deprived during the week, getting enough compensatory sleep can have a protective effect.
“Lack of sleep can lead to a number of heart problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attacks, obesity, diabetes and stroke,” Goldberg said. “Getting enough sleep is also linked to psychological health.”
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