Siesta is associated with reduced systolic blood pressure level and decreased prevalence of hypertension in older adults

• Published in: Journal of human hypertension Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 216 - 218
• Main Authors: Cai, M, Huang, Y, Sun, X, He, Y, Sun, C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/699/75/243; 692/700/459/284; Aged; Analysis; Blood Pressure; China - epidemiology; Elderly; Epidemiology; Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins - blood; Female; Health Administration; Health aspects; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - epidemiology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Prevention; Protein binding; Public Health; research-letter; Rest - physiology; China
• ISSN: 0950-9240; 1476-5527; 1476-5527
• DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2015.70

We investigated the associations of the siesta with blood pressure and hypertension in 1175 older adults by analysing basic and clinical data, including blood pressure, serum lipid profiles and adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein. Habitual siesta subjects had reduced systolic pressure levels and decreased serum adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein concentrations, compared with that of non-siesta subjects. Siesta is significantly associated with a decreased prevalence of hypertension and this association is attenuated by further adjustment for adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein.