Daytime drowsiness can show stroke risk, according to researchers from Columbia University led by Bernadette Boden-Albala.
Researchers asked 2,100 people, average age 73, how often they nodded off during the day, while watching TV, reading, sitting and talking to someone, sitting in traffic, or sitting quietly after lunch.
Results showed the following : Forty had strokes after 2 years and 127 had other blood vessel-related problems such as heart attacks or blood clots in the lungs. The chance of having a stroke were nearly five times greater among heavy dozers, and three times greater among occasional dozers compared with people who rarely dozed off. The odds of other vessel-related problems were higher too.
Researchers asked 2,100 people, average age 73, how often they nodded off during the day, while watching TV, reading, sitting and talking to someone, sitting in traffic, or sitting quietly after lunch.
Results showed the following : Forty had strokes after 2 years and 127 had other blood vessel-related problems such as heart attacks or blood clots in the lungs. The chance of having a stroke were nearly five times greater among heavy dozers, and three times greater among occasional dozers compared with people who rarely dozed off. The odds of other vessel-related problems were higher too.
