Scientists identify sleep habits that significantly increase dementia risk

Researchers from China, Sweden, and the United Kingdom found that sleep for more than eight hours increased dementia risk by 69%, while sleeping before 9 p.m. rather than 10 p.m. or later, increased dementia risk by two times.

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@mguhlin the question with #sleep and #dementia is always: does sleep “increase” risk or “associate with higher” risk? Direction of causality is not clear!
#geriatrics

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