HEALTH ALERT - Study: 90% young heart patients have sleep issues
Shilpy Arora
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Gurgaon:
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As many as 90% of young heart attack victims are people who do not sleep well, a study conducted by a Gurgaon-based private hospital has revealed.The study was conducted over two and a half years on 104 patients at Medanta below 40 years. These patients were admitted in the hospital's emergency ward after suffering a heart attack.
Of the 104 patients, 68 had average sleep time of less than six hours through the entire day . Very few patients had a sleep time of more than seven hours, a doctor said.
Nearly two-third patients had a sleep disorder.“Sleep deprivation upsets the balance of key hormones Leptin and Ghrelin, which regulate the appetite and help us know when we have eaten enough. The modern lifestyle of staying up late and getting up early is a ticking time bomb for our health,“ said Dr Rajneesh Kapoor, a cardiologist at Medanta. Male patients with sleep disorder had 2 to 2.6 times higher risk of a heart attack and a 1.5 to 4 times higher risk of heart stroke, he added.
Talking about other reasons behind a heart attack, Kapoor said, “Increasing use of smartphones and tab lets before going to bed reduces the level of melatonin in the body and makes it harder to go to sleep. Poor sleep should be considered a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease along with smoking, lack of exercise and poor diet.“ Medanta Medicity chief Dr Naresh Trehan said children should be taught stress management and importance of sleep at an early age.
“Sleeping is as beneficial as not smoking when it comes to heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Sleeping for seven hours or more a night can reduce the risk of fatal heart attacks and CVD by up to 24%. If combined with other healthy habits such as exercise, healthy diet, drinking alcohol in moderation, and no smoking, the risk of heart attack is reduced by 83%,“ the doctor said.
Of the 104 patients, 68 had average sleep time of less than six hours through the entire day . Very few patients had a sleep time of more than seven hours, a doctor said.
Nearly two-third patients had a sleep disorder.“Sleep deprivation upsets the balance of key hormones Leptin and Ghrelin, which regulate the appetite and help us know when we have eaten enough. The modern lifestyle of staying up late and getting up early is a ticking time bomb for our health,“ said Dr Rajneesh Kapoor, a cardiologist at Medanta. Male patients with sleep disorder had 2 to 2.6 times higher risk of a heart attack and a 1.5 to 4 times higher risk of heart stroke, he added.
Talking about other reasons behind a heart attack, Kapoor said, “Increasing use of smartphones and tab lets before going to bed reduces the level of melatonin in the body and makes it harder to go to sleep. Poor sleep should be considered a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease along with smoking, lack of exercise and poor diet.“ Medanta Medicity chief Dr Naresh Trehan said children should be taught stress management and importance of sleep at an early age.
“Sleeping is as beneficial as not smoking when it comes to heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Sleeping for seven hours or more a night can reduce the risk of fatal heart attacks and CVD by up to 24%. If combined with other healthy habits such as exercise, healthy diet, drinking alcohol in moderation, and no smoking, the risk of heart attack is reduced by 83%,“ the doctor said.
Source: Times of India, 28-09-2015
