People who have insomnia symptoms such as trouble falling asleep, staying asleep and waking up too early, may be more likely to have a stroke, according to a study published in Neurology. In addition, researchers found the risk was much higher in people under 50 years old. The study does not prove that insomnia symptoms cause stroke; it only shows an association.
and possibly reducing their risk of stroke later in life," said study author Wendemi Sawadogo, MD, MPH, Ph.D., of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and member of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study involved 31,126 people with an average age of 61. Participants had no history of stroke at the beginning of the study. Participants were asked four questions about how often they had trouble falling asleep, trouble with waking up during the night, trouble with waking up too early and not being able to return to sleep, and how often they felt rested in the morning. Response options included"most of the time","sometimes" or"rarely or never." Scores ranged from zero to eight, with a higher number meaning moreThe people were then followed for an average of nine years.
"This difference in risk between these two age groups may be explained by the higher occurrence of stroke at an older age,"Sawadogo added."The list of stroke risk factors such as
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