Open AccessA prospective study of the association between total sleep duration and incident hypertension
Author(s) -
Yadav Dhananjay,
Hyun Dae Sung,
Ahn Song Vogue,
Koh SangBaek,
Kim Jang Young
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of clinical hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1751-7176
pISSN - 1524-6175
DOI - 10.1111/jch.12960
Subject(s) - medicine , prospective cohort study , association (psychology) , duration (music) , sleep (system call) , pediatrics , art , philosophy , literature , epistemology , computer science , operating system
The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate total sleep duration as a potential risk factor for the development of hypertension after a mean of 2.6 years of follow‐up. The study participants comprised 1715 Korean adults aged 40 to 70 years. The participants were without hypertension at baseline (2005–2008) and during follow‐up (2008–2011) to determine the incident cases of hypertension. Based on a self‐reported questionnaire, the individuals were stratified according to total sleep duration (<6 hours, 6–7.9 hours, 8–9.9 hours, ≥10 hours). Hypertension was defined according to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8) guidelines. After an average of 2.6 years of follow‐up, 164 (9.56%) participants developed hypertension. In multivariate adjusted models, the odds ratio for new‐onset hypertension was 1.71 (95% confidence interval, 1.01–2.89) in participants with a short sleep duration (<6 hours) compared with those who reported 6 to 7.9 hours of sleep. Long sleep duration (more than 8 hours) did not have any significant difference on incident hypertension. Among middle‐aged and elderly Korean adults, short sleepers were independently associated with a higher risk of developing hypertension.