Association of novel measures of sleep disturbances with blood pressure: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

John Shinn KimAli AzarbarzinRui WangIna E DjonlagicNaresh M PunjabiPhyllis C ZeeBrian B KooElsayed Z SolimanMagdy YounesSusan Redline

Published in: Thorax (2019)

Higher duty cycle was associated with lower SBP overall and hypoxic burden with higher SBP and DBP among non-BP medication users. These findings suggest changes in both respiratory effort and oxygenation during sleep influence BP.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
sleep quality
physical activity
cardiovascular disease
heart rate
emergency department
risk factors
hypertensive patients
blood flow
adverse drug