Persistent Insomnia is Associated with Mortality Risk

• Published in: The American journal of medicine Vol. 128; no. 3; pp. 268 - 275.e2
• Main Authors: Parthasarathy, Sairam, Vasquez, Monica M., Halonen, Marilyn, Bootzin, Richard, Quan, Stuart F., Martinez, Fernando D., Guerra, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2015; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Adult; Arizona - epidemiology; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; Cardiovascular; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cause of Death; Chronic insomnia; Cluster Analysis; Cohort Studies; Confidence Intervals; Confounding Factors (Epidemiology); Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incidence; Inflammation - epidemiology; Insomnia; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical treatment; Middle Aged; Mortality; Proportional Hazards Models; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Sleep; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - metabolism; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - mortality; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders - physiopathology; Arizona; Sleep; Chronic insomnia; Cardiovascular; Mortality

Insomnia has been associated with mortality risk, but whether this association is different in subjects with persistent vs intermittent insomnia is unclear. Additionally, the role of systemic inflammation in such an association is unknown. We used data from a community-based cohort to determine whet...