Less sleep causes more heart disease among poor people: Study

Nov 24, 2019

New Delhi, Nov 25 (ANI): Lack of sleep is probably the reason for more cardiovascular diseases among the disadvantaged groups, says a recent study. People with lower socio-economic status sleep less for a variety of reasons. They may do several jobs, work in shifts, live in noisy environments, and have greater levels of emotional and financial stress. This was the first large population-based study to examine whether lack of sleep could partly explain why poor people have more heart disease. It found that short sleep explained 13.4 per cent of the link between occupation and coronary heart disease in men. The study was part of the Lifepath project, and pooled data from eight cohorts totalling 111,205 participants from four European countries.