Sleeping Difficulties, Sleep Duration, and Risk of Hypertension in Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rates of poor sleep and hypertension are alarming worldwide. In this study, we investigate the association between sleeping difficulties and sleep duration with hypertension risk in women.

Methods

Sixty-six thousand one hundred twenty-two participants of the Nurses' Health Study 2, who were free of hypertension at baseline (2001), were followed prospectively for 16 years and incident hypertension assessed every 2 years. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) for hypertension incidence associated with sleeping difficulties and sleep duration.

Results

During follow-up, we documented 25 987 incident cases of hypertension. After controlling for demographic and lifestyle risk factors, comp

SUBMITTER: Haghayegh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10591959 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature