Onset of Impaired Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: A Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Impaired sleep has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underlying mechanisms are still unsettled. We sought to determine how onset of impaired sleep affects the risk of established physiological CVD risk factors (i.e., hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia).

Methods

In a longitudinal cohort study with 3 survey waves (2000, 2004, 2008) from the Finnish Public Sector study we used repeated information on sleep duration and disturbances to determine onset of impaired sleep. Information on development of CVD risk factors, as indicated by initiation of medication for hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia was derived from electronic medical records within 8 years of follow-up. Data on 45,647 participants was structured as t

SUBMITTER: Clark AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4989260 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature