Poor sleep isn’t just about not getting enough hours. It’s also about when you sleep, how regular your schedule is, and whether your rest gets interrupted. And according to new research from 88,461 ...

"Sleep follows a typical cyclical pattern of sleep stages that make up the 'sleep architecture' and can be seen in a hypnogram - a graph that represents the stages of sleep over time," said ...

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For the study, 72,269 people aged 40 to 79 wore an activity tracker for one week to assess their sleep patterns. None of the participants had a history of heart disease or stroke.

More than just ID data, the patterns revealed intimate health insights. Breathing signatures could predict body mass index, anxiety, depression levels, and even traits linked to autism.

This variation might explain why participants reported feeling less sleepy when waking up from non-REM sleep than from REM sleep, Rowe says, although it’s not clear why this pattern would have ...