Short sleep duration is associated with increased serum homocysteine: insights from a national survey.

Chen TY, Winkelman JW, Mao WC, Yeh CB, Huang SY, Kao TW, Yang CC, Kuo TB, Chen WL. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(1):139–148.

Published Online: January 15, 2019

DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.7588

Conclusions:

This study highlighted that short sleep duration was associated with higher serum homocysteine levels in women, individuals with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), and non-Hispanic whites; this finding might suggest increased vulnerability to cardiovascular risk or other atherothrombotic events in these groups in the context of short sleep.