Insomnia May Lead to Hypertension
A recent article in the journal Hypertension showed that "middle-aged" adults are more likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure (hypertension) if they slept less than six hours per night.
This is extremely interesting since we know that blood pressure falls during sleep, thus giving the body a bit of a break during any given 24-hour period. If you are middle-aged (I actually am not sure what age range this would be. I would guess 35-50?) and you get less than 6 hours, you could be setting yourself up for disaster.
"Among people aged 32-59, those who reported getting less than six hours of nightly sleep in the original survey were twice as likely to have been diagnosed with high blood pressure by 1992. Obesity and diabetes partly accounted for the findings, but sleep still mattered, the study shows."
Unfortunately, sleep habits were only checked once and a lot can change over the course of the 10-year study. But it is certainly a wake up call (no pun intended) and one more reason to get more sleep.
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This is extremely interesting since we know that blood pressure falls during sleep, thus giving the body a bit of a break during any given 24-hour period. If you are middle-aged (I actually am not sure what age range this would be. I would guess 35-50?) and you get less than 6 hours, you could be setting yourself up for disaster.
"Among people aged 32-59, those who reported getting less than six hours of nightly sleep in the original survey were twice as likely to have been diagnosed with high blood pressure by 1992. Obesity and diabetes partly accounted for the findings, but sleep still mattered, the study shows."
Unfortunately, sleep habits were only checked once and a lot can change over the course of the 10-year study. But it is certainly a wake up call (no pun intended) and one more reason to get more sleep.
Related Topics: Hypertension Drugs May Cut Alzheimers, WebMD Sleep Disorders Health Center
Technorati Tags: sleep disorders, hypertension, high blood pressure
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