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    • Continuous monitoring via health trackers offers new data on lifestyle factors like sleep.
    • Limited data exists on integrating continuous lifestyle data into insurance premium calculations and understanding its link to mortality.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review existing literature on the association between sleep duration and all-cause mortality.
    • To derive dose-response rates for sleep duration and mortality risk.
    • To inform medical risk assessment and insurance underwriting practices.

    Main Methods:

    • Systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
    • Pooled data from 10 selected studies.
    • Involved over 3 million study participants.

    Main Results:

    • Both short sleep duration (less than 6 hours) and long sleep duration (more than 9 hours) are associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality.
    • Identified a U-shaped relationship between sleep duration and mortality.
    • Quantified relative risks for different sleep durations.

    Conclusions:

    • Sleep duration is a significant predictor of all-cause mortality.
    • Incorporating sleep data into medical risk assessment could improve accuracy.
    • Further research is needed on the practical application of continuous lifestyle data in insurance.