Sleep duration
Intervention7 papers5 findingsMeSH D000094362
- Humans6
Outcomes
2Cancer incidence
no changein humans1
1 study
Cancer incidence
no changein humans1
Sleep duration has no effect on cancer incidence in humans.
Review
Sleep deprivation as a multi-system physiological stressor: A review of shared mechanisms and clinical implications · Sleep medicine · 23 Sep 2026
Cardiovascular mortality
no changein humans1HR 1.18Low certainty
1 study
Cardiovascular mortality
no changein humans1HR 1.18Low certainty
Sleep duration has no effect on cardiovascular mortality in humans (adjusted HR 1.18 (95% CI 0.89-1.56)).
Humans30.8 yearsn = 3,305
All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Relation to Sleep Duration: A Community-Based Cohort With Over 30 Years of Follow-Up · Journal of sleep research · 15 Sep 2026
Associations
2Mortality
upin humans2HR 1.17Low certainty
2 studies
Mortality
upin humans2HR 1.17Low certainty
Sleep duration is associated with mortality in humans.
Review
Sleep deprivation as a multi-system physiological stressor: A review of shared mechanisms and clinical implications · Sleep medicine · 23 Sep 2026
Sleep duration raises the risk of mortality in humans (adjusted HR 1.17 (95% CI 1.01-1.35)).
Humans30.8 yearsn = 3,305
All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Relation to Sleep Duration: A Community-Based Cohort With Over 30 Years of Follow-Up · Journal of sleep research · 15 Sep 2026
Memory
mixedin humans1Low certainty
1 study
Memory
mixedin humans1Low certainty
Sleep duration is associated with memory in humans (linear β: 0.45, SE: 0.20; quadratic β: -0.03, SE: 0.01).
Humanscontrolling for socio-demographic and health-related covariatesfemalesn = 500
Sleep and neurocognitive performance in middle-aged Latina women in a rural agricultural community: insights from the CHAMACOS Maternal Cognition Study · Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 26 Jul 2026
Funding
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteUS$191.4k1 grant since 2022