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Sleepless Women Have Softer Bones
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/WCVwKnueXMg
Women sleeping 5 hours a night or less were 94% more likely to have whole body osteoporosis compared with those sleeping at least 7 hours. A study of more than 11,000 postmenopausal women participating in the Women’s Health Initiative was just published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
The investigation compared self-reported sleep duration with x-ray determined bone mineral densities of the whole body, hip, and spine. Those short on sleep were 63% more likely to have hip osteoporosis and 28% more likely to have spine osteoporosis.
In this largest study of its kind, sleep proves to be a critical factor for maintaining strong, healthy bones throughout life. Make sure you get enough!
Ochs‐Balcom, H.M., Hovey, K.M., Andrews, C., Cauley, J.A., Hale, L., Li, W., Bea, J.W., Sarto, G.E., Stefanick, M.L., Stone, K.L., Watts, N.B., Zaslavsky, O. and Wactawski‐Wende, J. (2019), Short Sleep Is Associated With Low Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis in the Women's Health Initiative. J Bone Miner Res. doi:10.1002/jbmr.3879
#Sleep #bone density #osteoporosis
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By Howard G. Smith MD, AM
Vidcast: https://youtu.be/WCVwKnueXMg
Women sleeping 5 hours a night or less were 94% more likely to have whole body osteoporosis compared with those sleeping at least 7 hours. A study of more than 11,000 postmenopausal women participating in the Women’s Health Initiative was just published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
The investigation compared self-reported sleep duration with x-ray determined bone mineral densities of the whole body, hip, and spine. Those short on sleep were 63% more likely to have hip osteoporosis and 28% more likely to have spine osteoporosis.
In this largest study of its kind, sleep proves to be a critical factor for maintaining strong, healthy bones throughout life. Make sure you get enough!
Ochs‐Balcom, H.M., Hovey, K.M., Andrews, C., Cauley, J.A., Hale, L., Li, W., Bea, J.W., Sarto, G.E., Stefanick, M.L., Stone, K.L., Watts, N.B., Zaslavsky, O. and Wactawski‐Wende, J. (2019), Short Sleep Is Associated With Low Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporosis in the Women's Health Initiative. J Bone Miner Res. doi:10.1002/jbmr.3879
#Sleep #bone density #osteoporosis