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Short sleep duration is associated with increased risk of pre-hypertension and hypertension in Chinese early middle-aged females

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between sleep duration and hypertension in a middle-aged Chinese population.

Methods

Cross-sectional data of 20,505 individuals aged 35–64 years from Taizhou longitudinal study was used. Logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) for the risk of pre-hypertension and hypertension in association with sleep duration.

Results

Short sleep duration was associated with high systolic and diastolic blood pressure in comparison with sleep duration of 7–8 h in females. Short sleep duration was also associated with an increased risk of hypertension in females. Age-stratified analysis showed that as compared with sleep duration of 7–8 h, sleep duration <6 h increased risk of hypertension after controlling for multiple covariates with an OR of 1.766 (1.024–2.775) in early middle-aged females of 35–44 years. More importantly, sleeping less than 6 h is associated with increased risk of pre-hypertension in females of this age category, after controlling for multiple covariates with an OR of 1.769 (1.058–2.958).

Conclusions

Sleeping less than 6 h a day is associated with increased risk of pre-hypertension and hypertension in Chinese early middle-aged females. The high-risk populations require sufficient sleep, which could probably prevent the increased risk of pre-hypertension as well as hypertension.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the grants from the International cooperation project of Ministry of Science and Technology (2014DFA32830), the National Basic Research Program (2012CB944600), the National Natural Science Foundation (31171216), and the National Science & Technology Support Program (2011BAI09B00).

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  1. Unit of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering and MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, School of Life Sciences and Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, 220 Handan Rd, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Xun-ming Sun, Shun Yao, Shu-juan Hu, Zu-yun Liu, Li Jin & Xiao-feng Wang

  2. Taizhou Research Institute of Health Sciences, Taizhou, Jiangsu, 225312, China

    Ya-jun Yang & Zi-yu Yuan

  3. Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Wei-min Ye

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The International cooperation project of Ministry of Science and Technology provided financial support in the form of (2014DFA32830) funding, the National Basic Research Program provided financial support in the form of (2012CB944600) funding, the National Natural Science Foundation provided financial support in the form of (31171216) funding, and the National Science & Technology Support Program provided financial support in the form of (2011BAI09B00) funding.

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Table 4 Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for hypertension and pre-hypertension associated with sleep duration in males, stratified by age
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Sun, Xm., Yao, S., Hu, Sj. et al. Short sleep duration is associated with increased risk of pre-hypertension and hypertension in Chinese early middle-aged females. Sleep Breath 20, 1355–1362 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-016-1392-2

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