Westchester, Ill. — A study in the April 1 issue of the journal SLEEP is the first to demonstrate that chronic insomnia with objectively measured short sleep time is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension.
Results indicate that participants with insomnia and an objectively measured, severely short sleep duration of less than five hours had a risk for hypertension that was 500 percent higher than participants without insomnia who slept more than six hours. People with insomnia and a moderately short sleep duration of five to six hours had a risk for hypertension that was 350 percent higher than normal sleepers.
In contrast, neither insomnia with a normal sleep duration of more than six hours nor a short sleep duration without a sleep complaint was associated with a significant risk for hypertension. This suggests that there is an additive or synergistic effect on hypertension risk when insomnia occurs in combination with a short sleep duration.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-04/aaos-ciw032609.phpUUggghh! Yet another complication of my poor sleep! I need a good sleep aid that does not give me a headache! Oh joy [QUOTE=ronny06]To let the body to revitalize as well as recuperate from exhaustion, a complete hour of sleep which are 8-10 is required. Based on a study made, there are almost 20% of adults who are experiencing from insomnia at the various stages of their lives. Actually, there are various causes of this sleeping disorder.