New Delhi, Nov 21 || While caregiving roles often take a toll on women’s sleep, a new study on Thursday suggested that biological factors may also play a role in why females sleep less.
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, showed that women sleep less, and wake up more often. They also get less restorative sleep than men.
The findings based on experiments in mice shed new light on what may underlie sleep differences in men and women.
“In humans, men and women exhibit distinct sleep patterns, often attributed to lifestyle factors and caregiving roles,” said Rachel Rowe, assistant professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US.
“Our results suggest that biological factors may play a more substantial role in driving these sleep differences than previously recognised,” Rowe added.