Association of Sleep Characteristics With Nocturnal Hypertension and Nondipping Blood Pressure in the CARDIA Study

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 9; no. 7; p. e015062
• Main Authors: Thomas, S Justin, Booth, 3rd, John N, Jaeger, Byron C, Hubbard, Demetria, Sakhuja, Swati, Abdalla, Marwah, Lloyd-Jones, Donald M, Buysse, Daniel J, Lewis, Core E, Shikany, James M, Schwartz, Joseph E, Shimbo, Daichi, Calhoun, David, Muntner, Paul, Carnethon, Mercedes R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 09.04.2020; Wiley
• Subjects: African Americans; ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood Pressure; Circadian Rhythm; Female; Humans; Hypertension - diagnosis; Hypertension - ethnology; Hypertension - physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; nocturnal hypertension; nondipping systolic blood pressure; obstructive sleep apnea; Original Research; Prevalence; Race Factors; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Sleep; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - diagnosis; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - ethnology; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - physiopathology; sleep quality; Time Factors; United States - epidemiology; Whites; United States; ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; obstructive sleep apnea; nondipping systolic blood pressure; nocturnal hypertension; sleep quality

Background Sleep characteristics and disorders are associated with higher blood pressure (BP) when measured in the clinic setting. Methods and Results We tested whether self-reported sleep characteristics and likelihood of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were associated with nocturnal hypertension and...