The Claim

In a Hispanic/Latino clinical cohort, both self-reported sleep durations of six hours or less and nine hours or more are associated with higher 10-year cardiovascular risk scores calculated using the Framingham 2008 formula compared to sleep durations between six and nine hours.

Source: The U-Shaped Association between Sleep Duration, All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Risk in a Hispanic/Latino Clinically Based Cohort

What the research says

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In plain English

People who say they sleep either too little (6 hours or less) or too much (9 hours or more) tend to have a higher chance of having a heart problem in the next 10 years, compared to those who sleep between 6 and 9 hours — at least in this group of Hispanic/Latino patients.

See the scientific wording

Both short (≤6h) and long (≥9h) self-reported sleep durations are associated with higher 10-year cardiovascular risk scores using the Framingham 2008 formula compared to 6–9h of sleep in a Hispanic/Latino clinical cohort.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: The U-Shaped Association between Sleep Duration, All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Risk in a Hispanic/Latino Clinically Based Cohort

    This study found that Hispanic/Latino people who sleep too little (6 hours or less) or too much (9 hours or more) have a higher risk of heart problems in 10 years compared to those who sleep 6 to 9 hours — just like the claim says.

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