Study Links Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Difficulty Falling Asleep to Triple Hypertension Risk
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Megan Brooks
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A large observational cohort study found that adults with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) have 52% higher odds of prevalent hypertension and 74% higher odds of incident hypertension. Those with both EDS and prolonged sleep-onset latency (taking 30+ minutes to fall asleep) face more than triple the risk of developing hypertension compared to those without either symptom.
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· 3 pulledAdults with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) who also take 30 minutes or longer to fall asleep have more than triple the risk of developing hypertension compared to those without either symptom.
Adults reporting EDS had 52% higher odds of prevalent hypertension and 74% higher odds of incident hypertension than their counterparts without EDS.
Participants with both EDS and prolonged sleep-onset latency had more than double the odds of prevalent hypertension and more than triple the odds of incident hypertension compared with those who...
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