Editing Power nap (section)

===Potential risks and detriments===
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Longer and more frequent daytime naps appeared to be associated with a higher risk of [[Alzheimer's dementia]] in a study that tracked 1401 older<!--65 years or older--> people over 14 years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Long naps may be early sign of Alzheimer's disease, study shows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/17/naps-early-sign-alzheimers-disease-study |access-date=18 April 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=17 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Peng |last2=Gao |first2=Lei |last3=Yu |first3=Lei |last4=Zheng |first4=Xi |last5=Ulsa |first5=Ma Cherrysse |last6=Yang |first6=Hui-Wen |last7=Gaba |first7=Arlen |last8=Yaffe |first8=Kristine |last9=Bennett |first9=David A. |last10=Buchman |first10=Aron S. |last11=Hu |first11=Kun |last12=Leng |first12=Yue |title=Daytime napping and Alzheimer's dementia: A potential bidirectional relationship |journal=Alzheimer's & Dementia |date=17 March 2022 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=158–168 |doi=10.1002/alz.12636 | pmid=35297533 |pmc=9481741 |language=en |issn=1552-5260 }}</ref> Links have also been proposed between these types of naps and [[cardiovascular disease]], though the evidence is largely inconclusive. A series of studies by the medical journal [[Sleep (journal)|Sleep]] demonstrated that people who nap for an hour or more a day had 1.82 times the rate of cardiovascular disease than people who didn't nap.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Precker |first=Michael |date=July 22, 2020 |title=Enjoy your nap, but be aware of the pros and cons |url=https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/07/22/enjoy-your-nap-but-be-aware-of-the-pros-and-cons |website=American Heart Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Yamada |first1=Tomohide |last2=Hara |first2=Kazuo |last3=Shojima |first3=Nobuhiro |last4=Yamauchi |first4=Toshimasa |last5=Kadowaki |first5=Takashi |date=December 1, 2015 |title=Daytime Napping and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Study and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis |journal=Sleep |volume=38 |issue=12 |pages=1945–1953 |doi=10.5665/sleep.5246 |pmid=26158892 |pmc=4667384 }}</ref>