The Joint Effect of Sleep Duration and Disturbed Sleep on Cause-Specific Mortality: Results from the Whitehall II Cohort Study

Naja Hulvej Rod, Meena Kumari, Theis Lange, Mika Kivimäki, Martin Shipley, Jane Ferrie

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Abstract

Both sleep duration and sleep quality are related to future health, but their combined effects on mortality are unsettled. We aimed to examine the individual and joint effects of sleep duration and sleep disturbances on cause-specific mortality in a large prospective cohort study.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere91965
JournalPLOS ONE
Volume9
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
ISSN1932-6203
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2014

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