News:Research Suggests Sleep-Blood Pressure Link

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(WikiDoc) - Middle-aged adults who sleep longer at night are less likely to have high blood pressure according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers examined the blood pressure and sleep duration of 578 adults over the course of about five years. Subjects were on average 40.1 years old and slept six hours per night. After controlling for age, race, and sex, scientists found those who slept the least were more likely to have higher systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The researchers also found a 37 percent increase in the odds of developing high blood pressure for every less hour participants slept.The scientists suggest their findings may help explain why African Americans tend to have higher blood pressure levels than whites, who tend to get much more sleep than African Americans. But the study's authors say more research is needed.