JABAR EKSPRES – Gout is an inflammation of the joints that can attack anyone characterized by pain to swelling. This condition is one of the causes triggered by staying up late.
Based on the results of a recent study, it reveals that sleep behavior also affects a person’s risk of developing gout.
This new study was conducted by researchers at UK Biobank and the results of the study have been published in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research. The study subjects were observed for 12 years and 1.1 percent of them or 4,270 people were diagnosed with gout.
The study was a population-based cohort, involving 403,630 participants without gout at baseline. Researchers used a comprehensive approach to evaluate the sleep behaviors of study participants.
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Five sleep behaviors were categorized in this study including chronotype, sleep duration, insomnia, snoring, and daytime sleepiness. The sleep itself was classified into two groups, poor sleep (scored 0-3) and healthy sleep (scored 4-5).
“Participants with healthy sleep patterns showed a much lower risk of developing gout, compared to those with poor sleep patterns,” explained the study quoted from the Doc Wire News page, Wednesday (8/16/2023).
“In particular, those with healthy sleep are associated with a 21 percent reduced risk of gout attacks,” continued the report.
In addition, the study also raised the effect of genetic risk of gout with healthy sleep patterns, and the results were the same. Those who have a history of gout, if they sleep healthy, have a lower risk of developing gout.
The researchers explained that in general, healthy sleep patterns are characterized by sleeping 7-9 hours per day at the right time of sleep, no or rare insomnia, no snoring, and no sleepiness in broad daylight, significantly reducing the risk of gout.
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