Sleep Duration and Hypertension: Analysis of > 700,000 Adults by Age and Sex.

ABSTRACT: STUDY OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to evaluate the cross-sectional relationship between sleep duration and hypertension in a large, nationally-representative dataset that spans 10 years. This analysis may provide detailed information with high resolution about how sleep duration is related to hypertension and how this differs by demographic group. METHODS:Data were aggregated from the 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (n = 433,386) and the combined 2007-2016 National Health Interview Surveys (n = 295,331). These data were collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from nationally-representative samples. Surveys were combined, and survey-specific weights were used in all analyses. Sleep duration was assessed with the item, "On average, how many h

SUBMITTER: Grandner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991947 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature