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The Association Between Insomnia and Increased Future Cardiovascular Events: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
Objectives: Insomnia may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the reported magnitude of the associations between sleep characteristics and CVD is inconsistent. We investigated the association between insomnia and the risk of developing acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and/or stroke by using a nationwide, population-based cohort database in Taiwan. Methods: The analyses were conducted using information from a random sample of 1 million people enrolled in the nationally representative Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. A total of 44,080 individuals who were 20 years or older, including 22,...
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - September 1, 2015 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research