Sleep Duration and Cardiovascular Health

Description

This is a cross-sectional study with an optional intervention that will examine how extreme sleep durations relate to cardiovascular health, physical activity, and sleep quality by studying three groups of participants: short sleepers (≤ 6 hrs), long sleepers (≥ 9 hrs), and average duration sleepers (7-8 hrs). The optional intervention asks participants to maintain an 8-hour per night regular sleep schedule for one week.

Conditions

Sleep, Cardiovascular Risk Factor

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Study overview

This is a cross-sectional study with an optional intervention that will examine how extreme sleep durations relate to cardiovascular health, physical activity, and sleep quality by studying three groups of participants: short sleepers (≤ 6 hrs), long sleepers (≥ 9 hrs), and average duration sleepers (7-8 hrs). The optional intervention asks participants to maintain an 8-hour per night regular sleep schedule for one week.

Sleep Duration and Cardiovascular Health

Sleep Duration and Cardiovascular Health

Condition
Sleep
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Portland

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Men and women ages 25-65y
  • * Lean and overweight (BMI 18.5-40 kg/m2)
  • * No acute, chronic, or debilitating medical conditions
  • * No prescription/non-prescription medications or drugs of abuse
  • * Current non-smoker (tobacco and marijuana)
  • * Persons who fit all the above criteria and are suitable based on a medical history and health habits questionnaire, and additional sleep and health profiling questionnaires may be eligible to participate.
  • * Persons with any acute, chronic, or debilitating medical condition except pre-hypertension will be excluded.
  • * Persons with any symptoms of acute or active illness (e.g. fever, leukocytosis) will be excluded.
  • * Persons with a history of severe psychiatric illness or psychiatric disorders will be excluded.
  • * Persons with a history of regular night/or rotating shift work in the past year, or who have traveled more than three time zones during the one month prior to the study will be excluded.
  • * Pregnant women, decisionally impaired adults, and prisoners will be excluded.

Ages Eligible for Study

25 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Oregon Health and Science University,

Saurabh S Thosar, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Oregon Health and Science University

Study Record Dates

2026-03-15