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Lack of sleep impairs the immune system and lowers resistance to viral illness. The quality of sleep is important. Those volunteers who spent less than 92% of their time in bed asleep were five-and-a-half times more likely to become ill than those who were asleep for at least 98% of their time in bed.

Sleep Quality and the Common Cold: Where Are the Data?

Lack of sleep impairs the immune system and lowers resistance to viral illness. The quality of sleep is important. Those volunteers who spent less than 92% of their time in bed asleep were five-and-a-half times more likely to become ill than those who were asleep for at least 98% of their time in bed.