Surrey Sleep Centre has 12 laboratories that monitor sleep patterns and disorders
THE EFFECTS OF POOR SLEEP
An international study is investigating the connections between poor sleep and cardiometabolic disorders such as heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.
Surrey researchers are working with the University of Sao Paulo and Northwestern University in Chicago to explore if sleep is a contributory factor to cardiometabolic diseases and whether there’s any difference between males and females.
Recordings of brain activity and physiological measures during sleep will be collected in
2,000 homes in Brazil alongside measures of the cardiovascular health of the occupants.
Funded by the National Institute of Health in the United States, the project will help the multi-national team build upon their successful work on the Baependi Heart Study which examined the health of 2,700 people in rural Brazil, helping to uncover vital information about factors that affect cardiovascular health and disease.
Malcolm von Schantz, Professor of Chronobiology at Surrey, said:
“Cardiometabolic diseases are a global threat to human health.
“We now know more about the causes of cardiometabolic illnesses but one thing we don’t know is how inadequate sleep impacts the development and progression of such devastating diseases. Sleep is an integral part of ensuring that all bodily functions and processes work and its importance in guaranteeing a healthy lifestyle should never be underestimated.”
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