Insomnia and hypertension risk in adolescents

an poor quality of sleep, characterized by insomnia, disturbed sleep and wake up early, exposes adolescents at risk of developing hypertension, a disease widespread in Western countries characterized by an abnormal rise in blood pressure normal values he represents turn a significant risk factor for the occurrence of cardiovascular disease.

To prove it is a study by the U.S. Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and published in Circulation (journal of the American Heart Association) that involved over 200 children between 13 and 16 years.

In particular, the risk increased 3.5 times in adolescents who sleep badly and 2.5 times those who sleep less than 6.5 hours per night.

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