What is it about?
A longitudinal dataset on individuals aged 57 to 97 years revealed that, with aging from the years of 1985 to 2008, the relative risk of all-cause mortality was on average 1.3-fold higher for “night owls” as compared with “early birds”. These premature deaths started to emerge after the age of 55 years.
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Why is it important?
This is the first report to show that “night owls” tend to die younger than “early birds”.
Perspectives
So far, without any exception, of those health hazards that do differ between the “night owls” and “early birds”, all have been more common among the “night owls”. Therefore, I think that “night owls” need extra attention and intervention for health promotion early enough. Please read it through this eprint link: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/dRvfYipXvBikfb7MCaxP/full
Professor Timo Partonen
National Institute for Health and Welfare
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This page is a summary of: Long-term consistency of diurnal-type preferences among men, Chronobiology International, October 2013, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.836534.
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