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Lack of sleep linked to high blood pressure

11/07/11

A recent study of older men found that lack of deep sleep may be one of the reasons people develop high blood pressure.

The study examined 800 men over the age of 65 who didn't have hypertension when the research was started, CNN reported. According to the study, the men who got the least deep sleep were 80 percent more susceptible to high blood pressure.

"Our study shows for the first time that poor quality sleep, reflected by reduced slow wave sleep, puts individuals at significantly increased risk of developing high blood pressure, and that this effect appears to be independent of the influence of breathing pauses during sleep," study author Dr. Susan Redline, Professor of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said to CNN.

According to CNN, previous studies have shown that sleeping for six hours or less can lead to high blood pressure, and if people wake up throughout the night as a result of sleep apnea, medications, or other health issues and cannot fall back asleep quickly, their blood pressure can be negatively affected.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one-third of Americans have high blood pressure, which suggests why acquiring some form of life insurance a necessity for people in the United States.

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