Association between sleep duration and hypertension of migrant workers in China: a national cross-sectional surveillance study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To examine the relationship between sleep duration and hypertension of migrant workers aged 18-59 years in China. DESIGN:Population-based cross-sectional study using a complex survey sampling design. PARTICIPANTS:There were 43 655 subjects in our analysis, after excluding people with missing information for key exposure and outcome variables and abnormal values for sleep duration (≤2 or ≥17 hours). PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE:Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure (BP) ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP ≥90 mm Hg, or self-reported history of hypertension diagnosis in hospitals at the township (community) level or above and use of hypertensive medicine in the last 2 weeks. RESULTS:Of 43 655 subjects, 15.6% (95% CI 15.1% to 16.1%) of migrant workers had hypertension. The prev

SUBMITTER: Guan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924713 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature