Study links short sleep duration to high blood pressure risk in adults with insomnia

Among adult volunteers meeting current diagnostic criteria for insomnia disorder, objectively measured short sleep duration increased the odds of reporting hypertension more than threefnew, according to a study published in the May issue of the journal SLEEP. In contrast, this relationship was not significant for subjectively measured sleep duration.

Read the study in SLEEP: Objective but Not Subjective Short Sleep Duration Associated with Increased Risk for Hypertension in Individuals with Insomnia