title: Sleep status and blood pressure in a healthy normotensive female population.
abstract: Sleeplessness can be linked to hypertension and its consequent complications such as cardiovascular disease. We investigated the cross-sectional relationship between blood pressure (BP) and self-reported sleep status among 227 healthy normotensive Japanese females (mean age: 47.0 years) in a clinical setting. Multiple logistic regression analysis for the highest quartile of diastolic BP (DBP) showed the body mass index (BMI) (odds ratio=1.26 [95% confidence interval=1.12-1.41]) and sleep status (sometimes lack: 2.19 [1.00-4.79], poor: 2.82 [1.17-6.80]) as significantly associated factors. The same analysis for systolic BP or pulse pressure showed that both age and BMI were significant factors and sleep status was not associated. A poorer sleep status may contribute to elevated DBP in healthy normotensive females.
authors: Kazuhiko
authors: K
authors: Kotani
authors: Kyoko
authors: K
authors: Saiga
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Sakane
authors: Haosheng
authors: H
authors: Mu
authors: Youichi
authors: Y
authors: Kurozawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology