What is it about?
"Night owls" has the increased odds for spinal diseases severe enough to require hospitalization.
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Why is it important?
Being a "night owl" has been linked to a range of health related risks. Here, we found that the "night owls" had the increased odds for spinal diseases.
Perspectives
This is the first study to demonstrate that the odds for spinal diseases is increased in a prospective way among "night owls". So, it supports the view that the evening chronotype predisposes to spinal diseases. Please read it through this eprint link: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/kJSKiqC3I6yBIEB2xIAa/full
Professor Timo Partonen
National Institute for Health and Welfare
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This page is a summary of: Eveningness has the increased odds for spinal diseases but the decreased odds for articular diseases with prospective hospital treatments, Biological Rhythm Research, November 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2016.1254869.
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