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Insomnia With Objective Short Sleep Duration and Incident Hypertension: The Penn State Cohort

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Fernandez-Mendoza, Julio, Vgontzas, Alexandros N., Liao, Duanping, Shaffer, Michele L., Vela-Bueno, Antonio, Basta, Maria, Bixler, Edward O.·2012·Hypertension

Abstract

Insomnia with objective short sleep duration appears to be a biologically more severe phenotype of the disorder. No longitudinal study to date has examined the association of this type of insomnia with incident hypertension using polysomnography. From a random, general population sample of 1741 adults of the Penn State Cohort, 1395 were followed-up after 7.5 years, and 786 did not have hypertension at baseline. Hypertension was determined by a self-report of receiving treatment for high blood pressure. Chronic insomnia was defined as a complaint of insomnia lasting ≥1 year, whereas poor sleep was defined as moderate-to-severe sleep difficulties. All of the subjects underwent 8-hour polysomnography. Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) was defined as an obstructive apnea/hypopnea index≥5. We used the median polysomnographic percentage of sleep time to define short sleep duration (ie, <6 hours). We controlled for sex, race, age, caffeine, cigarettes and alcohol consumption, depression, sleep-disordered breathing, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and blood pressure in our analyses. Compared with normal sleepers who slept≥6 hours, the highest risk for incident hypertension was in chronic insomniacs with short sleep duration (odds ratio, 3.8 [95% CI, 1.6-9.0]). The risk for incident hypertension in poor sleepers with short sleep duration was significantly increased but became marginally significant after controlling for obesity (odds ratio, 1.6 [95% CI, 0.9-2.8]). Chronic insomnia with short sleep duration is associated with an increased risk for incident hypertension in a degree comparable to sleep-disordered breathing. Objective short sleep duration in insomnia may serve as a useful predictor of the biological severity of the disorder.

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  • The odds of hypertension or type-2 diabetes in individuals who reported insomnia but slept objectively >6 hours were not significantly increased.

    “while the odds of hypertension or T2D in individuals who reported insomnia but slept objectively > 6 hours were not significantly increased (e.g., OR = 1.3 and 0.85).”
  • Recent work from the Penn State Adult Cohort has shown a synergistic effect between insomnia and PSG-measured short sleep duration (<6 hours) on the risk for hypertension and type-2 diabetes even after controlling for multiple confounders, including sleep-disordered breathing.

    “Based on the physiologic mechanisms reviewed above, recent work from the Penn State Adult Cohort has shown a synergistic effect between insomnia and PSG-measured short sleep duration (i.e., < 6 hours) on the risk for hypertension and T2D even after controlling for multiple confounders, including SDB(178-180).”
  • Recent work from the Penn State Adult Cohort has shown a synergistic effect between insomnia and PSG-measured short sleep duration (<6 hours) on the risk for hypertension and type-2 diabetes even after controlling for multiple confounders, including sleep-disordered breathing.

    “Based on the physiologic mechanisms reviewed above, recent work from the Penn State Adult Cohort has shown a synergistic effect between insomnia and PSG-measured short sleep duration (i.e., < 6 hours) on the risk for hypertension and T2D even after controlling for multiple confounders, including SDB(178-180).”
  • The odds of hypertension in individuals with insomnia who slept <6 hours were 3.5- to 5.1-fold cross-sectionally and 3.8-fold longitudinally.

    “and the odds of hypertension were 3.5- to 5.1-fold cross-sectionally71 and 3.8-fold longitudinally”
  • The odds of hypertension in individuals with insomnia who slept <6 hours were 3.5- to 5.1-fold cross-sectionally and 3.8-fold longitudinally.

    “and the odds of hypertension were 3.5- to 5.1-fold cross-sectionally71 and 3.8-fold longitudinally”

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Authors
Fernandez-Mendoza, J., Vgontzas, A. N., Liao, D., Shaffer, M. L., Vela-Bueno, A., Basta, M., & Bixler, E. O.
Affiliations
  • From the Sleep Research and Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry (J.F.-M., A.N.V., E.O.B.), Department of Public Health Sciences (D.L., M.L.S.), Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Department of Psychiatry (A.V.-B.), School of Medicine, Autonomous University, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry (M.B.), School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece.
  • Pennsylvania State University (US)
Venue
Hypertension
Published
2012-10
Volume
60
Issue
4
Pages
929-935
ISSN
  • 0194-911X (ISSN-L)
  • 1524-4563
OpenAlex
W2141289928
Cited by
425
References
39
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FWCI
33.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Hypertension (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL040916, R01HL064415, R01HL051931)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Keywords
insomnia, short sleep duration, hypertension incidence, chronic insomnia, poor sleep quality, sleep-disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, polysomnography, obesity
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Health Surveys, Humans, Hypertension, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk, Sleep, Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Incidence, Polysomnography

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