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Blood pressure 'rises with lack of bed rest'
Author: Jonathan Warren
Elderly men who spend less time experiencing deep sleep could be at an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, a recent study has discovered.
Published in the journal Hypertension, the research conducted by Harvard Medical School experts studied 784 patients and discovered that the demographic getting the smallest amount of deep sleep had an 83 per cent greater risk than those getting the most.
High blood pressure, which is also referred to as hypertension, increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. To assess the risk of this, researchers gauged sleep quality of 784 men over 65 from 2007 and 2009; at the start, none had hypertension, though 243 had it by the end of the study.
Report author Professor Susan Redline said: "Our study shows for the first time that poor quality sleep, reflected by reduced slow wave sleep, puts individuals at significantly increased risk of developing high blood pressure. Although women were not included in this study, it's quite likely that those who have lower levels of slow wave sleep for any number of reasons may also have an increased risk of developing high blood pressure."
