According to new research, poor sleep increases the risk of developing chronic kidney disease in patients with chronic kidney disease.

'Short sleep and disrupted sleep are major but underestimated risk factors for the progression of chronic kidney disease,' experts warn.

In a statement released by the American Society, 'Our study contributes to growing evidence regarding the effect of sleep on kidney function and the need for therapeutic interventions to improve sleep patterns in people with chronic kidney disease.' Highlights the need for the development and evaluation of nephrology.

However, the study did not suggest that sleep deprivation was the cause of kidney failure. Research has found only one link between these parameters.

A total of 432 people with chronic kidney disease participated in the study. The researchers used wrist monitors to track their sleep patterns for five to seven days. The researchers followed their health for an average of five years.

Subjects received an average of 6.5 hours of sleep each night, and research showed that 70 of them suffered from kidney failure and 48 died.

The researchers found that each hour of extra sleep was associated with a nearly 19 percent reduction in the probability of kidney failure after modifying data for other risk variables such as weight or heart disease.

Sleep quality has also been shown to be important: people who sleep poorly are more likely to have kidney failure.

According to the study, those who reported daytime drowsiness were 10% more likely to die later.

The results were presented Saturday at the Kidney Week Conference of the American Society of Nephrology. Studies presented at conferences are considered primary if they are not published in a peer-reviewed medical publication.