科学家研究发现，与夜晚睡眠6至8小时的人相比，夜晚睡眠不足(sleep deprivation)6小时的人在65岁之前早逝的可能性增加12％。但这并不表明睡眠时间越长越好。研究人员还发现，夜晚睡眠超过9小时的人早逝的可能性猛增30％。
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night are more likely to die early, researchers have found in a study they claim provides 'unequivocal evidence' of a link between sleep deprivation and premature death.
不久前，科研人员研究发现一些睡眠时间不足与早逝之间存在联系的确切证据。研究人员表示，每天睡眠时间不足6小时将增加早逝风险。
资料图:睡眠不足6小时易早逝
They discovered that people who slept for less than six hours each night were 12 per cent more likely to die prematurely - before the age of 65 - than those who slept the recommended six to eight hours a night.
研究发现，与夜晚睡眠6至8小时的人相比，夜晚睡眠不足6小时的人在65岁之前早逝的可能性较前者高出12%。
The team from the University of Warwick and Federico II University Medical School in Naples analysed 16 studies involving a total of 1.3 million people before reaching their conclusions.
由英国华威大学和意大利那不勒斯市的费德里克二世大学联合组成的研究团队在分析了16个研究项目之后得出了以上结论。项目共涉及130万人。