The Claim

Accelerometer-measured sleep duration exhibits a curvilinear, L-shaped relationship with the risk of incident cardiovascular disease, where the lowest risk is observed at 7–9 hours per day.

Source: Associations of Accelerometer-measured Sleep Duration with Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality.

What the research says

Supports is higher

Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.

Supports
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Challenges
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Correlation
1 study reviewed
In plain English

Getting between 7 and 9 hours of sleep each night seems to be the sweet spot for lowering your risk of heart problems — sleeping less or more than that might raise your risk.

See the scientific wording

There is a curvilinear, L-shaped relationship between accelerometer-measured sleep duration and the risk of incident cardiovascular disease, with the lowest risk observed at 7–9 hours per day.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Associations of Accelerometer-measured Sleep Duration with Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality.

    This study used wristbands to track how long people slept and found that those who slept 7 to 9 hours had the lowest risk of heart problems — sleeping less increased risk, but sleeping more didn’t. This matches the claim perfectly.

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