Sleep study tracks hidden health risks for decades
NCT ID NCT00005557
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 1,545 adults over many years to understand how sleep-disordered breathing and other sleep problems develop and affect health. Participants were Wisconsin state employees aged 30-60 when the study began. Researchers use overnight sleep tests, questionnaires, and health assessments to explore links to heart disease, stroke, mood disorders, and thinking problems.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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1,545 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Apr 1999
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
In 1988, employees of 4 Wisconsin state agencies, ages 30-60 years, were surveyed regarding sleep habits and problems by mail. From these data, a sampling frame was constructed and 2884 randomly-selected men and women (of 4896 survey respondents) were invited to participate in the WSC Study. Recruitment for baseline sleep studies occurred from 1989 to 2004.
- Ages
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30 to 95 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion criteria: * Employee of one of the 4 Wisconsin state agencies * Age 30-60 in 1988 Exclusion criteria: * Current pregnancy * Unstable or decompensated cardiopulmonary disease * Airway cancer * Recent upper respiratory surgery
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States
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