When should you go to bed to live longer: the answer of scientists

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British scientists found out that falling asleep between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, thereby prolonging a person's life.

This is what the study says. Data from more than 88,000 participants with an average age of 61 were analyzed. Most of them are women.

Researchers collected data on sleep and wake times using a wrist accelerometer.

Data suggests that falling asleep between 10 and 11 p.m. may reduce the risk of heart disease compared to going to bed earlier or later.

Researchers also found that those people who went to bed at midnight or even later are more likely to have a heart attack, heart failure, chronic coronary heart disease, or stroke. They had a 25 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

However, the study cannot prove that going to bed early or late contributes to cardiovascular disease, as it may be caused by other factors.< /p>

The study data were adjusted for age, gender, sleep duration and irregularity, as well as other lifestyle skills and health status.

Study author Dr. David Plains said: “Although we cannot conclude a causal relationship – a corollary from our study, the results show that an early or late bedtime may be more likely to disrupt the biological clock with adverse effects on cardiovascular health.”

The doctor added, that one possible reason for the increased risk of fatal disease associated with falling asleep later may be due to a lower likelihood of seeing morning light, which helps reset the biological clock.

He added: “Although the results do not show causal relationship, sleep time has become a potential cardiac risk factor – independent of other risk factors and sleep characteristics. If our findings are confirmed in other studies, sleep timing and basic sleep hygiene could become a public health target for reducing the risk of heart disease.”