Long Sleep Duration, Insomnia, and Insomnia With Short Objective Sleep Duration Are Independently Associated With Short Telomere Length

Conclusions:Our findings support the existence of an association among insomnia, insomnia phenotype, and self-reported long sleep duration with the maintenance of telomere length.Commentary:A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 1975.Citation:Tempaku P, Hirotsu C, Mazzotti D, Xavier G, Maurya P, Brietzke E, Belangero S, Poyares D, Bittencourt L, Tufik S. Long sleep duration, insomnia, and insomnia with short objective sleep duration are independently associated with short telomere length.J Clin Sleep Med. 2018;14(12):2037–2045.
Source: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM - Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research