Sleep Duration and Blood Pressure in Youth Referred for Elevated Blood Pressure Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Sleep promotion is not specifically recommended as a target for hypertension management. We examined associations of sleep duration and timing with blood pressure parameters in patients referred to pediatric nephrology clinic for elevated blood pressure evaluation.

Methods

This is a retrospective study of initial ambulatory blood pressure monitoring data and self-report sleep data collected from patients referred to nephrology clinic for the evaluation of elevated blood pressure. Linear and logistic regression modeling determined associations between sleep exposures (duration and timing) and continuous and dichotomous blood pressure outcomes, respectively, adjusted for age, sex, body mass index, and weekday versus weekend status.

Results

The study sample in

SUBMITTER: Kogon AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12354344 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature