Sleep Irregularity Is Associated With Hypertension: Findings From Over 2 Million Nights With a Large Global Population Sample.
Hannah ScottBastien LechatAlisha GuyettAmy C ReynoldsNicole LovatoGanesh NaikSarah AppletonRobert AdamsPierre EscourrouPeter G CatchesideDanny J EckertPublished in: Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) (2023)
These findings support that sleep irregularity, both in duration and timing, is a risk marker for poor cardiovascular health. Further mechanistic investigations of temporal relationships between day-to-day fluctuations in sleep duration and timing, next-day blood pressure, and other cardiovascular outcomes are warranted.