The Association Between Habitual Sleep Duration and Blood Pressure Control in United States (US) Adults with Hypertension

Abstract

Everlyne G Ogugu,1 Sheryl L Catz,1 Janice F Bell,1 Christiana Drake,2 Julie T Bidwell,1 James E Gangwisch3 1Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA; 2Department of Statistics, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA; 3Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USACorrespondence: Everlyne G Ogugu, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California Davis 2570 48th Street Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA, Email [email protected]: This study examined the relationship between habitual sleep duration and blood pressure (BP) control in adults with hypertension.Methods: This cross-sectional study used data of 5163 adults with hypertension obtained from the 2015– 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze the association between habitual sleep duration and BP control. Habitual sleep duration was self-reported and defined as the amount of sleep usually obtained in a night or main sleep period during weekdays or workdays. It was categorized as 9 hours. BP control was defined as average systolic BP 9 hours groups. There were no significant differences across age groups or gender in the relationship between habitual sleep duration and BP control.Conclusion: Sleep duration of < 6 hours is associated with reduced odds of hypertension control. These significant findings indicate that interventions to support adequate habitual sleep duration may be a promising addition to the current hypertension management guidelines.Keywords: hypertension, blood pressure control, hypertension control, sleep, sleep duration

Keywords

• hypertension
• blood pressure control
• hypertension control
• sleep
• sleep duration.