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Too Little Sleep Jacks Blood Pressure

Every lost hour raises threat 37%: researchers

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 9, 2009 1:39 PM CDT

(Newser) – Regularly getting less than seven or eight hours’ sleep raises the risk of high blood pressure, research suggests. In a study tracking the blood pressure and sleep of 578 adults, every lost hour of sleep was tied to an average 37% higher risk of high blood pressure over 5 years, while missing two hours boosted the risk 86%, Bloomberg reports.

The results “confirm what we’ve seen in the lab that there are health consequences to not getting enough sleep or not sleeping well,” said the study’s head author. “People don’t respect sleep relative to diet and exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle.”

Too little sleep can be a blood-pressure threat, a study suggests.
Too little sleep can be a blood-pressure threat, a study suggests.   (Shutterstock)
Every missed hour of sleep raised high blood pressure risk 37%, a study found.
Every missed hour of sleep raised high blood pressure risk 37%, a study found.   (Shutterstock)
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COMMENTS
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Robert_Dada
Jun 9, 2009 10:50 AM CDT
Please, what do you do for a living that affords such luxury?
sysco9
Jun 9, 2009 9:09 AM CDT
not impossible. Take more naps
Are_you--Nobody--Too
Jun 9, 2009 8:25 AM CDT
That's my problem in life. I can't function without eight hours of sleep, at least. So I can't do as much in a day as other people.

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