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Sleep duration exhibits a U-shaped relationship with cognitive disorder risk, where both short (<4 hours) and long (>10 hours) nocturnal sleep durations are associated with elevated risk compared to optimal durations (5.6-7 hours).
Aim for 5.6 to 7 hours of nocturnal sleep for optimal cognitive protection. Both sleeping less than 4 hours and more than 10 hours is associated with a significantly higher risk of cognitive decline. If your sleep duration is consistently outside this window, consult a healthcare provider to investigate underlying causes.
A U-shaped relationship was revealed for the associations with sleep duration... the optimal duration was found to be roughly 5.6–6 hours for lower risk of cognitive disorder... The risk of cognitive disorder... will be significantly elevated when the nocturnal sleep duration is over 10 hours or less than 4 hours.
Why this rating
Based on 21 prospective cohort studies with dose-response analysis showing significant non-linear associations.
Source
Sleep problems and risk of all-cause cognitive decline or dementia: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
Wei Xu et al. · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 2019
DOI 10.1136/jnnp-2019-321896
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