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Sleep duration and ambulatory blood pressure in black and white adolescents

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Mezick, Elizabeth J., Hall, Martica, Matthews, Karen A.·2012·Hypertension

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Self-reported short sleep duration is linked to higher blood pressure and incident hypertension in adults. Few studies have examined sleep and blood pressure in younger samples. We evaluated the associations between actigraphy-assessed time spent asleep and ambulatory blood pressure in adolescents. Participants were 246 black and white adolescents (mean age: 15.7 years) who were free from cardiovascular or kidney disease and were not taking sleep, cardiovascular, or psychiatric medications. Sleep duration and efficiency were assessed with in-home wrist actigraphy and sleep diaries across 1 week; ambulatory blood pressure monitoring was used to obtain 24-hour, sleep, and wake blood pressure, as well as sleep:wake blood pressure ratios across 2 full days and nights. Results showed that shorter actigraphy-assessed sleep across 1 week was related to higher 48-hour blood pressure and higher nighttime blood pressure. Shorter sleep was also related to a higher systolic blood pressure sleep:wake ratio. These results were independent of age, race, sex, and body mass index. Follow-up analyses by race revealed that associations between sleep duration and blood pressure were largely present in white, but not black, adolescents. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the cardiovascular consequences of short sleep may begin as early as adolescence.

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Authors
Mezick, E. J., Hall, M., & Matthews, K. A.
Affiliations
University of Pittsburgh (US)
Venue
Hypertension
Published
2012-03
Volume
59
Issue
3
Pages
747-752
ISSN
  • 0194-911X (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4563
OpenAlex
W2122288088
Cited by
103
References
45
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Hypertension (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL025767, R01HL025767)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
Keywords
sleep duration, ambulatory blood pressure, adolescents, racial differences, Black adolescents, White adolescents, nocturnal blood pressure, hypertension risk, actigraphy, sleep efficiency
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Black or African American, Blood Pressure, Female, Humans, Hypertension, Male, Pennsylvania, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Sleep, Time Factors, Prevalence, Disease Progression, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory, White People, Young Adult

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