Tsiptsios, D, Matziridis, A, Ouranidis, A, Triantafyllis, A S, Terzoudi, A, Tsamakis, K, Rizos, E, Mueller, C, Steiropoulos, P, Vorvolakos, T, Serdari, A & Tripsianis, G 2021, ' Age and gender effects on the association of sleep insufficiency with hypertension among adults in Greece ', Future Cardiology, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1381-1393 . https://doi.org/10.2217/fca-2020-0198
Lay abstract Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is considered the leading cause of cardiovascular death and disability and is usually treated with medication to lower blood pressure and by making changes to the dietary habits of the patient. Lack of sleep is also a potential risk factor for high blood pressure. However, results on this matter have been contradictory so far. We investigated the relationship between sleep characteristics with high blood pressure in a representative Greek population using self-reported questionnaires. Our study revealed that short sleep duration, excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, poor sleep quality and high risk of obstructive sleep apnea are associated with increased prevalence of hypertension among younger and middle-aged adults, affecting everyone equally, regardless of sex. Thus, early medical or cognitive behavioral interventions that improve sleep might be necessary in order to reduce high blood pressure and consequently risk of other diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
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