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Gender-Specific Associations of Short Sleep Duration With Prevalent and Incident Hypertension: The Whitehall II Study

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Cappuccio, Francesco P., Stranges, Saverio, Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Miller, Michelle A., Taggart, Frances M., Kumari, Meena, Ferrie, Jane E., Shipley, Martin J. +2 more·2007·Hypertension

Abstract

Sleep deprivation (≤5 hour per night) was associated with a higher risk of hypertension in middle-aged American adults but not among older individuals. However, the outcome was based on self-reported diagnosis of incident hypertension, and no gender-specific analyses were included. We examined cross-sectional and prospective associations of sleep duration with prevalent and incident hypertension in a cohort of 10 308 British civil servants aged 35 to 55 years at baseline (phase 1: 1985–1988). Data were gathered from phase 5 (1997–1999) and phase 7 (2003–2004). Sleep duration and other covariates were assessed at phase 5. At both examinations, hypertension was defined as blood pressure ≥140/90 mm Hg or regular use of antihypertensive medications. In cross-sectional analyses at phase 5 (n=5766), short duration of sleep (≤5 hour per night) was associated with higher risk of hypertension compared with the group sleeping 7 hours, among women (odds ratio: 2.01; 95% CI: 1.13 to 3.58), independent of confounders, with an inverse linear trend across decreasing hours of sleep ( P =0.003). No association was detected in men. In prospective analyses (mean follow-up: 5 years), the cumulative incidence of hypertension was 20.0% (n=740) among 3691 normotensive individuals at phase 5. In women, short duration of sleep was associated with a higher risk of hypertension in a reduced model (age and employment) (6 hours per night: odds ratio: 1.56 [95% CI: 1.07 to 2.27]; ≤5 hour per night: odds ratio: 1.94 [95% CI: 1.08 to 3.50] versus 7 hours). The associations were attenuated after accounting for cardiovascular risk factors and psychiatric comorbidities (odds ratio: 1.42 [95% CI: 0.94 to 2.16]; odds ratio: 1.31 [95% CI: 0.65 to 2.63], respectively). Sleep deprivation may produce detrimental cardiovascular effects among women.

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Cappuccio, F. P., Stranges, S., Kandala, N.-B., Miller, M. A., Taggart, F. M., Kumari, M., Ferrie, J. E., Shipley, M. J., Brunner, E. J., & Marmot, M. G.
Affiliations
  • University of Warwick (GB)
  • From the Clinical Sciences Research Institute (F.P.C., S.S., N-B.K., M.A.M., F.M.T.), Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom; and the International Centre for Health and Society (M.K., J.E.F., M.J.S., E.J.B., M.G.M.), University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom.
Venue
Hypertension
Published
2007-10
Volume
50
Issue
4
Pages
693-700
ISSN
  • 0194-911X (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4563
OpenAlex
W2127331384
Cited by
512
References
39
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FWCI
14.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Hypertension (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick) (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • British Heart Foundation (RG/07/008/23674)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS06516)
  • National Institute on Aging (AG 13196, R37AG013196, R01AG013196)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL36310, R01HL036310)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
Keywords
short sleep duration, sleep deprivation, sex differences, women, middle-aged adults, public sector employees, cardiovascular risk factors, psychiatric comorbidity, hypertension incidence, blood pressure
MeSH terms
Adult, Antihypertensive Agents, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sex Characteristics, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Cohort Studies, Incidence, Prevalence, Multivariate Analysis

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