Are younger people lame?

Originally Posted by thulfi

Yeh actually studies have shown that you have the lowest mortality risk if you sleep between 6-7hours. I'm completely screwed then cos I'm usually 10 hours if not more.

I wouldnt believe the studies, it is only correlational and they cant control (or acount for) every possible factor that can contribute to low mortality rates. So you can't say 100% that 6 hours sleep definately reduces your mortality rate. Lots of other things play a part too!

I think they can be reasonably accurate. 'After adjusting for age, smoking, alcohol, exercise, depression, snoring, obesity, and history of cancer and cardiovascular disease, sleeping less than 6 hours or more than 7 hours remained associated with an increased risk of death'. This was a study between 1986 to 2000, looking at just under 83,000 women, which is a huge sample size.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=15712344

After all, that's how all trials are concluded, be it the mortality of certain illnesses, the protective effects of certain drugs..well lots of things. And also I guess that's where confidence intervals come into play.

[dizzyblonde]

yer all doomed don't matter how much sleep you all get, your all going to die one day anyway

FACT

[CheGuevara]

Just got back to this thread. I'm having a bit of a laugh, because honestly I was VERY VERY drunk when I posted it (having downed the better part of a bottle of whisky). I'd have forgotten about it entirely, but Mrs G informed me in the AM that I had woken her when I got to bed to let her know I'd started a poll and was going to crush her in the results!

I really ought to stay away from the computer when drinking, but have had a chuckle at what I posted and some of the brilliant replies.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

yer all doomed don't matter how much sleep you all get, your all going to die one day anyway

FACT

aaah crap

here's me swimming in anti-aging creams to preserve my beautiful youth

Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero

aaah crap

here's me swimming in anti-aging creams to preserve my beautiful youth

+1 but not the anti-again creams, just cider and ice-creams.

[CheGuevara]

Originally Posted by Sid Squid

Us oldies need all the solidarity we can get.

Thanks for the support Sid!

[CheGuevara]

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Lets face it you are an old f&rt grumpy old man with an old f&rts attitude.
Whatever next?Soon you will be having a mid life crisis and going off to do trackdays and stuff like that.Then it will be front fork conversions to help you keep up with the youngsters.

LOL, BB I will for sure check you hockey-style (rememeber we Canucks have won the gold!) next time we cross paths at Rockingham -assuming I can keep up with my advanced age and grumpy demeanor

[CheGuevara]

Hang on -this graph seems to show that Sleep*Ohms(resistance) increases with age. Therefore resistance to sleep increases as we get older.

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

sleepiness increases proportionally with age


as shown in this graph

[CheGuevara]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Cradle snatchers

1) I look good for my age

2) When I buy milk, I always look for the carton with the longest expiry date...