Association between sleep duration and hypertension risk in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

• Published in: NPJ primary care respiratory medicine Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 26 - 8
• Main Authors: Wang, Yi, Chen, Xi Xi, Lu, Fang Ying, Yan, Ya Ru, Li, Shi Qi, Zhang, Liu, Lin, Ying Ni, Li, Qing Yun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.04.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/700; 692/700/459; 692/700/459/1748; Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Hypertension - etiology; Incidence; Internal Medicine; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Polysomnography; Prevalence; Primary Care Medicine; Risk Factors; Sleep - physiology; Sleep apnea; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - epidemiology; Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - physiopathology; Sleep Duration; Thoracic Surgery; Time Factors

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a well-established risk factor for hypertension, with sleep duration being a modifiable factor influencing this risk. However, sleep misperception among OSA patients makes it unclear how subjective and objective sleep duration are associated with the prevalence and i...