People who sleep less than five hours a night may be twice as likely to develop blocked arteries in their legs, the study warned.
Around 200 million people worldwide are affected by peripheral artery occlusion. Clogged arteries in the legs also increase the risk of stroke and heart attack.
In this case, a study conducted by Shuai Yuan, a study author from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said that people who sleep less than five hours a night have a 74% chance of developing peripheral artery disease.
He also noted that people who sleep less than five hours have a higher risk of developing the disease than those who sleep seven to eight hours.
At the end of this study conducted in London, it was reported that less than five hours of sleep was the cause of this disease. Moreover, daytime sleepers are 32% more likely to develop the disease than those who avoid daytime naps. However, it is not known whether the disease has any relationship with daytime sleepiness.
Therefore, it is said that if you change your lifestyle so that you sleep more than five hours, do active exercise and eat good food, you can protect yourself from this disease.
At the same time, it is not known whether excessive sleep can cure the disease. It is also not clear whether excessive sleeping or daytime sleepiness is related to the disease. Researcher Shuai Yuan has said that the research will continue.