Poor sleep is associated with higher blood pressure and uterine artery pulsatility index in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

• Published in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Vol. 128; no. 7; pp. 1192 - 1199
• Main Authors: Tang, Y, Zhang, J, Dai, F, Razali, NS, Tagore, S, Chern, BSM, Tan, KH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.06.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Blood pressure; Children; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - physiopathology; Longitudinal Studies; Original; Pregnancy; Pulsatile Flow - physiology; Sleep; sleep quality; Sleep Wake Disorders - physiopathology; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed; Uterine Artery - diagnostic imaging; Uterine Artery - physiopathology; uterine artery Doppler; Uterus; Veins & arteries; Singapore; uterine artery Doppler; Blood pressure; sleep quality; pregnancy

Objective To elucidate the association between sleep disturbances and blood pressure as well as uterine artery Doppler during pregnancy in women with no pre‐existing hypertension. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Outpatient specialist clinics at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore....