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Broken sleep predicts hardened blood vessels

Why does poor-quality sleep lead to atherosclerosis? In a diverse sample of over 1,600 individuals, we describe a pathway wherein sleep fragmentation raises inflammatory-related white blood cell counts (neutrophils and monocytes), thereby increasing atherosclerosis severity, even when other common r...

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Autores principales: Vallat, Raphael, Shah, Vyoma D., Redline, Susan, Attia, Peter, Walker, Matthew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271997/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32497046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000726