Why the study?
Do daily siesta habits associate with cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in adults aged 45-74 years?
Population
4,797 participants aged 45-74 years from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study
Comparison
Daily long siestas or daily short siestas vs Irregular or no siestas
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Long siestas may confound observational studies of napping and CV events; leaves open causal links to atherosclerosis.
Do daily siesta habits associate with cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in adults aged 45-74 years?
Daily long siestas (>1 hour) are associated with a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis, which could act as significant confounders in studies evaluating siesta habits and cardiovascular events.
Stang et al. (2007) studied this question.
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