Our sleeping hours, the time we fall asleep and our daily routines have a major impact on our health. Scientists who have been doing research in this field for many years working on our ‘chronotypes’.

It’s a scenario you’re definitely familiar with; while some people get up early in the morning and start the day early, for some people it feels more ‘right’ to start the day late and live through the night. Science explains this because of our ‘chronotypes’. Studies that have been running for many years show that ‘night owls’ have an increased risk of some diseases and even that these people high risk of premature death was revealing.

Recent research has revealed why being a ‘night walker’ may be associated with premature death;

Night owls are at higher risk of death, according to a new study published in Chronobiology International. nothing to do with sleep time or duration. The reason for this risk is that night owls use more cigarettes and alcohol.

In the study, which analyzed data from 22,976 Finnish adult twins, 42.9% of those surveyed described themselves as “nocturnal” and “partly nocturnal.” The researchers, who determined the participants’ chronotypes in 1981, examined the death rates found in these records in 2018. In addition to factors such as education and sleeping habits of all participants in the review, each individual is assessed individually The amount of smoking and drinking was also examined.

Smoking and alcohol are responsible for the deaths:

The researchers found that in 2018, 8,728 of the participants had died. Those who describe themselves as the night type are more likely to die for any reason than those who describe themselves as the morning type. was 9 percent higher.

However, in the group of nocturnal animals fThose who do not drink heavily and do not smoke are not at increased risk of dying from any cause. noticed. The team found that smoking and drinking were responsible for the extra deaths.

It has been established that people who stay up intensively at night consume more cigarettes and alcohol, increasing the death rate. However, the researchers naturally state that this information needs to be confirmed by several studies on larger groups.