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Science Bad sleep for teens raises risk of high blood pressure
Science Bad sleep for teens raises risk of high blood pressure | Bad sleep for teens raises risk of high blood pressure |
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| by William Atkins | |
| Wednesday, 20 August 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 According to the MedicalNewsToday.com article “Higher Blood Pressure Risk In Teenagers Linked To Poor Or Insufficient Sleep,” the Redline team also made other conclusions. • Teenagers who had trouble falling asleep at night and waking up in the morning (low sleep efficiency), had an average 4 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury) higher systolic blood pressure compared to teenagers without these problems (higher sleep efficiency) • Nearly two thirds of the teenagers with short sleep duration also had low sleep efficiency. • Just fewer than 30% of the teenagers with low sleep efficiency also had short sleep duration. • Teenagers with less than 85% sleep efficiency in the laboratory phase had nearly three times the odds of having elevated blood pressure. They also suggested that “technology” in the bedroom, such as telephones and cell phones, computers, music players, and other such devices, adds to the problem of teenagers not getting sufficient sleep at night, along with poor quality of sleep. In the MedicalNewsToday article, Redline is quoted to have said that part of the problem is a "technological invasion of the bedroom" with such devices. Redline concludes by stating two thoughts: (1) "Adolescents need nine hours of sleep. Parents should optimize sleep quality for their family with regular sleep and wake times and bedrooms should be kept quiet, dark and conducive to sleep.” and (2) “Our data underscores the need to monitor quality and quantity of sleep as part of a child's overall health strategy.” [MedicalNewsToday] The researchers are associated with one or more of the following organizations: Case School of Medicine, and Center for Clinical Investigation, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital; and Case Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio.
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