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Sleep Quality and Falls Risk in the ELSA Study: A Cross-Sectional and Prospective Cohort Study.

Key takeaways

Using data from a long-running English study of adults aged 50 and over, researchers compared sleep quality with the risk of falling. They looked both at one moment in time and at who went on to have a first fall later. Poor sleep tracked with higher fall risk, but this kind of study shows a link, not proof that bad sleep causes falls. It is not about kidney disease.

Who did this work

Li Y (The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China.) · Rong Y (The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China.) · Jiang K (The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China.) · Lu B (The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China.) · Liang X (The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China.) · Li J (The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China.) · Li G (The First Clinical Medical School, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong, China.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-08-01
https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.71719