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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Vishwam Sankaran

How you sleep could be ‘strongest predictor’ of when you will die, study says

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Increased sleep fragmentation is the “strongest predictor of mortality,” according to a new review of studies.

The research, published recently in the journal Digital Medicine, assessed 12,000 studies investigating characteristics of individuals during their sleep, including chin and leg movement, breathing, and heartbeat.

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