Sleep Deprivation Causes High Blood Pressure In Women

The study, published in the journal Hypertension, revealed women who slept five hours or less were twice as likely to suffer from hypertension as women who slept seven hours or more a night. There was no difference between those men sleeping less than five hours and those sleeping seven hours or more.

Well great! You want know how much more sleep my husband gets than me almost every night? Probably over 2 hours. I think on the average that women sleep a heck of a lot less than men due to the demands of children and most “part time” work being swing shift or night shift for childcare purposes.

The definition of hypertension used in the study was a BP of over 140/90 or if the subject took regular blood pressure medication. The study was actually fairly large with over 6500 applicants. I will be curious to see what the exact cause of the sex-related change is. Hormones, anxiety, obesity? I will definitely keep my eyes out for further research on this one.

via Science Daily