A recent study done by researchers from University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom has found that 5 hours or less of sleep increases the risk of chronic disease in people aged 50 and above.
According to study, sleeping for five hours or less each night if you're 50 or older increases your risk of developing two or more chronic diseases as you age.
On October 18, the study was published in the PLOS Medicine journal (pdf below).
7,864 men and women who worked in the London offices of the British civil service for more than 30 years and had no chronic diseases at the age of 50 were monitored for their health and amount of sleep by researchers from University College London (UCL) in the United Kingdom.
Self-reported sleep duration was measured six times between 1985 and 2016, and data on sleep duration was extracted at ages 50, 60, and 70. Researchers investigated the data's correlation with incident multimorbidity over 25 years of follow-up.
Researchers defi...