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Does waking up early help depression?

“Our genetics are set at birth so some of the biases that affect other kinds of epidemiological research tend not to affect genetic studies,” Daghlas said.

Over 340 common genetic variants are known to influence a person’s natural tendency to sleep at a certain time. Researchers analyzed deidentified genetic data on the variants from as many as 850,000 people. Data included 85,000 individuals who had worn wearable sleep trackers for seven days. Also involved were 250,000 people who completed sleep-preference surveys.

The biggest sample showed around one-third of surveyed people self-identified as morning birds, 9% were night owls while everyone else was in the middle. On average the sleep mid-point was 3 a.m. That means people dozed off at 11 p.m. and awoke at 6 a.m.

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Scientists also learned that people with genetic variants which influence them to be early risers also have less depression risk. The analysis showed that with every one-hour earlier sleep midpoint there was a 23% decreased risk of major depressive disorder. For example, if someone who usually sleeps at 1 a.m. goes to bed at midnight and sleeps the same time span, they could lower their risk by 23%. If that person has an 11 p.m. bedtime, their risk could be reduced by around 40%.

As for why this is so, research indicates that more light exposure in the daytime leads to a surge of hormonal influences that can affect mood. Other research shows a biological clock that trends differently than most peoples’ alone can be depressing.

“We live in a society that is designed for morning people, and evening people often feel as if they are in a constant state of misalignment with that societal clock,” Daghlas said.

Vetter says that people who want to shift their sleep times should have bright days and dark nights.

“Have your morning coffee on the porch. Walk or ride your bike to work if you can, and dim those electronics in the evening,” she said.

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Jay Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Illinois in Chicago and lead author of the 2012 study, said possible risk factors for various diseases and environmental issues could also play a role: “I’d be very surprised if this wasn’t part of the equation. The risk of diabetes and obesity is much higher among the Black population, even those that are highly educated.”"},{"_id":"RBYEBUBUEBGQLPBFM3EC2JOH4E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201355},"type":"text","content":"Among other possible causes that researchers are probing are stress and depression."},{"_id":"XTDDCXRUKZCQNJG64KCN7SHKB4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201356},"type":"text","content":"“When you follow other groups, with more education depression declines,” said Dr. Shervin Assari, associate professor of medicine at Charles R. 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The findings suggest that the power of discrimination to harm Black men’s lives may be more persistent than previously understood. And they could mean that improving Black men’s health may be more complicated than previously believed."},{"_id":"A3LA2NQNWNBATNUZPNVIVPHZ7Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201359},"type":"text","content":"“What has surprised me is how powerfully and consistently discrimination predicts poor health,” said Williams."},{"_id":"W5MCIWFVE5DI5OOYFZWO3XAITI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201360},"type":"text","content":"COVID-19 has underscored the issue. As early as last April researchers noticed higher death and hospitalization rates for Black people. The patterns have persisted, with Black patients being nearly two times as likely as whites to die of the virus and Black men have the highest rates of COVID deaths."},{"_id":"ZNV7A4TPZFBXBJMKTZEOLAM23E","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201361},"type":"text","content":"The COVID outcomes, Williams and others suggested, helped point out that the health and well-being of middle-class, educated Black men have been overlooked."},{"_id":"L3UWL2K6L5D6PN2YU5IDYHCIXI","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201362},"type":"text","content":"Higher education hasn’t brought about the health equity many experts had expected. While Black men have worse health than other groups if they are not educated, they can’t catch up to their white peers even when they are."},{"_id":"PSTWSCJD5VADFBS3EDFE5Y5E3M","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201363},"type":"text","content":"“What society has done to Black men is to corner them,” Assari said."},{"_id":"KZ5K3HYUBVG3NIAD2YMVSFI73Y","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201364},"type":"text","content":"Black men, even with an education, have less of a financial and social safety net than white men. That brings added stress, the experts said. Also, as Black men climb a corporate, academic or managerial ladder, many feel isolated. And social isolation harms health."},{"_id":"LFKH2N72UBBKFEMDAKWICTHZBQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201365},"type":"text","content":"Thomas LaVeist, a sociologist and dean of the school of public health at Tulane University, said that in a white-dominated society Black men are less likely to have family members with high incomes or social and business connections who can open doors for them. And once hired into the workplace, they are less likely to have mentors, LaVeist said, and that lack of connections is associated with stress, depression and other factors that can lead to poorer health."},{"_id":"ZSQSMFQDEJHZ3NHDO5D53XBMYQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201366},"type":"text","content":"“There needs to be a designated effort to provide an on-ramp” for Black men, he said."},{"_id":"F77OTKEG5VHWREOHPJX3GZFTGY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201367},"type":"text","content":"And they may have experienced more cumulative adversity and continued racism."},{"_id":"JQWBDXPZCNBRFPMBATW23APSMQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201368},"type":"text","content":"“Your high socioeconomic status doesn’t protect you from the impact or from the incidence” of racism, said Dr. Adrian Tyndall, associate vice president for strategic and academic affairs at University of Florida Health."},{"_id":"C65O4E2WBBB75NNUJPFPRJ2MRY","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201369},"type":"text","content":"“That is difficult,” added Tyndall, who is Black. “If I were to walk out of this institution and into the community, where people don’t know me, I could be called the N-word. And yeah, that’s pretty depressing.”"},{"_id":"IBMQGEPHSVDB5C4EHXKTV5BBX4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201370},"type":"text","content":"The cumulative effect of discrimination takes a toll psychologically and physiologically — but so does the anticipation of it."},{"_id":"736YKMNO3JF23FLXDVC5O7XXKM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201371},"type":"text","content":"“It’s not just the actual exposure in dealing with these kinds of experiences, but it’s ‘What do you do before leaving home?’ You’re careful about your dress, your behavior, the way you look because of the threat of discrimination, and so you react,” said Williams, the Harvard professor."},{"_id":"3YYGWWENGNDW5LZ2JOD5SCXVOQ","additional_properties":{"comments":[],"_id":"J666QUOQ6FGLNFZRACP5TLHULU"},"type":"interstitial_link","url":"https://www.ajc.com/news/amid-signs-virus-hitting-african-americans-hardest-many-see-pattern/ze7Ei0N5oCUp3b6FytYhvK/","content":"Amid signs virus hitting Blacks hardest, many see a pattern"},{"_id":"BJYDH4IRPNHL5FEPGRCMLSUOGE","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201372},"type":"text","content":"For example, when Williams, who is Black, first became a professor at Yale University, he wore a coat and tie every day. No one else in his department did that. And yet, he said, he kept up the practice for years."},{"_id":"4N6SXGLIXFCIFMJG3JRNNNAO3U","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201373},"type":"text","content":"LaVeist remembers getting onto an elevator at an academic medical center around 1990, shortly after earning his Ph.D., and a passenger wearing a white coat — presumably a doctor — assumed LaVeist worked in housekeeping. The man asked LaVeist, who was dressed in a suit, to clean up a spill on the sixth floor."},{"_id":"KGNL457ACND7DMT7PUCL6Z2QNM","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201374},"type":"text","content":"“When I told him that I was a professor, he didn’t speak,” said LaVeist. “He simply didn’t speak.”"},{"_id":"4JD7VDGP5ZCE5ESFUFWHGOTSAQ","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201375},"type":"text","content":"Greg Pennington, 67, of Atlanta, has a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina and an undergraduate degree from Harvard, owns a professional consulting firm and has worked with hundreds of men individually as well as dozens of Fortune 500 companies. “It’s not so much that (Black men) experience discrimination and depression ‘even after’ they have advanced degrees,” he said. “It’s more descriptive to say ‘throughout the whole process.’”"},{"_id":"KVEPGRBFKJBMZG3HQACIM25KT4","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201376},"type":"text","content":"Despite their academic credentials, Black men said, they often feel they need to prove themselves, which adds another layer of stress."},{"_id":"GPGSIZ27MZHTDFE23IVZD7AGGU","additional_properties":{"inline_comments":[],"comments":[],"_id":1621859201377},"type":"text","content":"“It’s almost like I can’t fail; I’m representative of other Black males,” said Woodrow W. 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He and others suggested that schools, starting in the lower grades, need to provide Black students with more culturally appropriate curricula that bolster their self-image and help build social relationships between white and Black youngsters. 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