Published in:
01-12-2014 | Letter to the Editor
Urinary sodium excretion is associated with short sleep duration
Authors:
In Cheol Hwang, Doosup Shin
Published in:
European Journal of Epidemiology
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Issue 12/2014
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Excerpt
A growing body of evidence demonstrates that sleep is not a waste of time; short sleep duration is associated with increased risk for many harmful outcomes. Given that sleep deprivation leads to metabolic derangement, short sleep duration is considered a risk factor for obesity [
1]. Indeed, interrupted sleep was also associated with less healthy dietary habits [
2]: a recent investigation suggested that sodium intake is associated with sleep impairment [
3]. …