Too Much Sleep Makes Women Easy Stroke

Adequate sleep is highly recommended to make the body stay fit and avoid the various kinds of diseases. But for women especially those approaching the age of menopause, you should not be too much sleep to avoid the risk of stroke.

A U.S. study found that pre-menopausal women age andmenopause are too much or too little sleep at high risk suffering a stroke. 

The team of researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, indicating that the habit of sleeping in women, especially when entering the age of pre-menopause and menopause could be significant in predicting the risk of ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke caused by blockage in the arteries supply blood to the brain.

Researchers studied 93 676 female participants and found that participants who routinely sleep 9 hours or more, 70 percent more likely to suffer an ischemic stroke, compared with women who slept 7 hours a night.Researchers also found that women who slept 6 hours or less per night have a 14 percent higher risk of suffering a stroke compared with women who slept 7 hours a night.

“Too much sleep is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke in women, especially postmenopausal women,” said Dr. Jiu-Chiuan Chen, author of the study fromAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, reported by Themedicalnews, Wednesday (24/11/2010).

According to Dr Chen, who generally idle too much sleep, smoking and physical inactivity, thus increasing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol or depression, which is a risk factor for stroke.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average adult should get 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night, teens 8.5 to 9.5 hours, and children ages 5 to 12 years old should get 9 to 11 hours every night.

The results of this study have been published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.