Getting less than seven hours of sleep is associated with a seven per cent increased risk of developing high blood pressure over time, according to early research.
Less than five hours is linked to an 11 per cent higher risk of hypertension, according to an analysis of data from 16 studies involving more than a million people.
The preliminary findings, presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session in the US, also showed women are at greater risk (seven per cent) of developing the condition compared to men. READ MORE: 'Horror' outside Manchester hospital as children's nurse is handcuffed and arrested Kaveh Hosseini, assistant professor of cardiology at the Tehran Heart Center in Iran, said: “Getting too little sleep appears to be riskier in females.
The difference is statistically significant, though we are not sure it’s clinically significant and should be further studied. “What we do see is that lack of good sleep patterns may increase the risk of high blood pressure, which we know can set the stage for heart disease and stroke.” For the study, the researchers looked at data from 1,044,035 people from six countries who did not have high blood pressure at the start of the research.
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