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Calidad del sueño y presión arterial elevada en adolescentes
Sogol Javaheri1, Amy Storfer-Isser, Carol L Rosen
1Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-6003, USA.
Circulation
|August 20, 2008
Resumen
La mala calidad del sueño en los adolescentes está relacionada con la prehipertensión. Este estudio encontró que el sueño insuficiente aumenta significativamente el riesgo de presión arterial elevada en individuos jóvenes sanos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Salud de los Adolescentes.
- Salud Cardiovascular La salud cardiovascular.
- Ciencia del sueño Ciencia del sueño Ciencia del sueño
Sus antecedentes:
- La prehipertensión es una preocupación creciente en las poblaciones adolescentes.
- La relación entre los patrones de sueño y la salud cardiovascular en los jóvenes requiere una mayor investigación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Evaluar la asociación entre el sueño insuficiente y la prehipertensión en adolescentes sanos.
- Para determinar si la mala calidad del sueño es un factor de riesgo para la presión arterial elevada en este grupo demográfico.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis transversal de 238 adolescentes sanos.
- Evaluación objetiva del sueño utilizando actigrafía de muñeca y polisomnografía.
- Presión arterial medida a través de lecturas múltiples durante dos días; prehipertensión definida por el percentil 90.
Principales resultados:
- El 14% de los adolescentes tenía prehipertensión, el 26% tenía una baja eficiencia del sueño y el 11% tenía una corta duración del sueño.
- La baja eficiencia del sueño se asoció con un aumento de 3,5 veces en las probabilidades de prehipertensión después de los ajustes.
- Los adolescentes con baja eficiencia del sueño exhibieron una presión arterial sistólica significativamente más alta (aumento de 4.0 mmHg).
Conclusiones:
- La mala calidad del sueño se asocia de forma independiente con la prehipertensión en adolescentes sanos.
- Estos hallazgos sugieren que la calidad inadecuada del sueño contribuye a la presión arterial elevada, independientemente de la obesidad o los factores socioeconómicos.
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