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Women, please take note. Even if you are having mild sleep problems, such as having trouble falling asleep, it can raise your blood pressure, a new study suggests.<\/p>\nWomen, please take note. Even if you are having mild sleep problems, such as having trouble falling asleep, it can raise your blood pressure, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n
The study found that women who had mild sleep problems \u2014 including those who slept for seven to nine hours a night, as measured by a wristwatch-like device \u2014 were significantly more likely to have elevated blood pressure.<\/p>\n
The researchers also found an association between endothelial inflammation and mild sleep disturbances. \u201cOur findings suggest that mild sleep problems could possibly initiate the vascular endothelial inflammation that\u2019s a significant contributor to cardiovascular disease,\u201d said lead author Brooke Aggarwal from the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.\u2019<\/p>\n
According to the researchers, nearly one-third of adults don\u2019t get enough sleep and for women, the problem may be even bigger. \u201cThat\u2019s concerning, since studies have shown that sleep deprivation and milder sleep problems may have a disproportionate effect on cardiovascular health in women,\u201d Aggarwal added.<\/p>\n
For the study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the researchers examined blood pressure and sleep habits in 323 healthy women. Mild sleep disturbances \u2014 poor-quality sleep, taking longer to fall asleep, and insomnia \u2014 were nearly three times more common than severe sleep disturbances, such as obstructive sleep apnea.<\/p>\n
Some of the women allowed the researchers to extract a few endothelial cells from inside an arm vein to look for a pro-inflammatory protein that is implicated in the development of cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Women, please take note. Even if you are having mild sleep problems, such as having trouble falling asleep, it can raise your blood pressure, a new study suggests. The study found that women who had mild sleep problems \u2014 including those who slept for seven to nine hours a night, as measured by a wristwatch-like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n