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A recent study suggests that getting less than 7 hours of sleep per night increases the risk of calcification in arteries, with calcified arteries found in one third of participants who slept less than 5 hours per night.
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMAO) study followed 495 healthy middle aged participants for 5 years. At the beginning of the study participants had no detectable calcification in their arteries. Numerous factors were considered in relation to those who developed calcification such as age, sex, race, education, lipids, BMI, diabetes, etc. …