Researchers suggest that adequate sleep at night could put you at a lower risk of getting Alzheimer’s
| Sep 9, 2018, 09:19 IST
Do you feel sleepy in the day because of not getting adequate sleep at night? Well, then you might want to give this a good read. We recently stumbled upon a study conducted at the Johns Hopkins University in the US which states that people who feel sleepy during the day are three times more likely to develop the Alzheimer’s disease as compared to those who do not feel sleepy.
Published in the journal, Sleep, this study states that adults who reported being very sleepy during the day were thrice more likely to have brain deposits of beta-amyloid, the protein for Alzheimer’s, years later. “If disturbed sleep contributes to Alzheimer’s disease we may be able to treat patients with sleep issues to avoid these negative outcomes,” said Adam P Spira, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
This research has used data from a long-term study conducted since 1958 that followed the health of thousands of volunteers. Their results show that those who reported daytime sleepiness were about three times more likely to have beta-amyloid deposition than those who did not report daytime fatigue. After adjusting certain demographic factors, the researchers found that the risk of the disease was 2.75 times higher in those with daytime sleepiness. The unadjusted risk for amyloid-beta deposition was about twice as high in volunteers who reported napping. It is, however, unclear how daytime sleepiness is connected with the deposition of beta-amyloid protein. "One possibility is that daytime sleepiness itself might somehow cause this protein to form in the brain," Spira said.
Published in the journal, Sleep, this study states that adults who reported being very sleepy during the day were thrice more likely to have brain deposits of beta-amyloid, the protein for Alzheimer’s, years later. “If disturbed sleep contributes to Alzheimer’s disease we may be able to treat patients with sleep issues to avoid these negative outcomes,” said Adam P Spira, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
This research has used data from a long-term study conducted since 1958 that followed the health of thousands of volunteers. Their results show that those who reported daytime sleepiness were about three times more likely to have beta-amyloid deposition than those who did not report daytime fatigue. After adjusting certain demographic factors, the researchers found that the risk of the disease was 2.75 times higher in those with daytime sleepiness. The unadjusted risk for amyloid-beta deposition was about twice as high in volunteers who reported napping. It is, however, unclear how daytime sleepiness is connected with the deposition of beta-amyloid protein. "One possibility is that daytime sleepiness itself might somehow cause this protein to form in the brain," Spira said.
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