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

Magee, ChristopherHolliday, Elizabeth G.Attia, John RKritharides, LeonardBanks, Emily2015-12-131389-9457http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73313Objective: 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. yeKeywords: adult; aged; article; Australia; controlled study; demography; female; functional status; health status; human; major clinical study; male; mortality; priority journal; questionnaire; risk factor; self report; sleep time Health status; Mortality; Preexisting disease; Prospective; Residual confounding; Sleep durationInvestigation of the relationship between sleep duration, all-cause mortality, and preexisting disease201310.1016/j.sleep.2013.02.0022016-02-24