Association of healthy sleep pattern with the risk of falls and fractures among individuals with cardiovascular disease: a UK Biobank study
Authors' conclusion
A healthy sleep pattern is associated with reduced risk of falls and fractures among CVD patients.
Study context
- Population
- UK Biobank participants with prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD)median follow-up 13.4 years
- Participants
- 68,961 participants
- Exposure
- Healthy sleep pattern vs poor sleep pattern
- Outcome
- Incident falls and fractures
Methodological detailsUK Biobank, Cox regression
- UK Biobank
- Cox regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
median follow-up 13.4 years
Each group vs poor sleep patternEstimate (95% CI)
Healthy sleep pattern
aHR (fall) 0.79(0.72–0.85)
Healthy sleep pattern
aHR (all fracture) 0.78(0.71–0.86)
Healthy sleep pattern
aHR (hip fracture) 0.79(0.64–0.98)
- Events: falls
- 5565
- Events: fractures
- 4080
- Events: hip fractures
- 833
- Lower risk of fall and fracture outcomes per additional healthy sleep factor
- 8%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Individual sleep factors (7-8 h/day sleep; early chronotype) and fall, all fracture
- Hazard ratios (HRs) for sleep 7-8 h/day and early chronotype, ranging between
- 0.84 and 0.93
Original publication
Association of healthy sleep pattern with the risk of falls and fractures among individuals with cardiovascular disease: a UK Biobank study. Osteoporos Int. Published 23 March 2026. doi:10.
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