Investigation of the relationship between sleep duration, all-cause mortality, and preexisting disease

Magee, Christopher; Holliday, Elizabeth G.; Attia, John R; Kritharides, Leonard; Banks, Emily

Investigation of the relationship between sleep duration, all-cause mortality, and preexisting disease

Date

2013

Authors

Magee, Christopher

Holliday, Elizabeth G.

Attia, John R

Kritharides, Leonard

Banks, Emily

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Objective: To examine the relationship between sleep duration and mortality and to quantify the likely impact of residual confounding due to poor health status on any observed association. Methods: The sample included 227,815 Australian adults aged 45. ye