Sleep Fragmentation

Sleep fragmentation, rather than sleep duration or self-reported sleep quality, in early midlife was associated with worse executive function, fluency and cognition more than a decade later, according to research in Neurology.

Compared with participants with regular sleep patterns, older adults with irregular sleep durations were more likely to have high coronary artery calcium burden and abnormal ankle-brachial index, researchers reported.

Ecigarette users reported “worse sleep health” than those who did not use the devices, according to researchers.