Insufficient sleep and new onset of nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux among women: a longitudinal cohort study.

Study Objectives: Whether short or insufficient sleep are risk factors for new-onset nocturnal gastroesophageal reflux (nGER).

Methods: In this 10-year longitudinal study, adult general-population women in Uppsala, Sweden, answered questionnaires on sleep, nGER, and other conditions on 2 occasions. Participants at baseline totaled 6,790, while participants at follow-up totaled 4,925.