The world of science has recently come out with another reason for us to get our Z is for chronic insomnia with short sleep time is an independent and clinically important risk factor for hypertension. In the study, participants with insomnia and objectively measured sleep duration of less than five hours had a risk for hypertension was 500% higher than in participants without insomnia who stayed for more than six hours. They also found that people who suffer from insomnia and sleep duration moderatelyshort five or six hours had a risk of hypertension is 350% higher than normal sleepers.

In contrast, insomnia or just a normal period of sleep more than six hours, or the duration of the short duration of sleep, insomnia is not associated with a significant risk for hypertension. This means that there is a synergistic or additive effect on the risk of hypertension, when insomnia occurs in association with short sleep duration. We do not need to note that the number of times the amount that we believe we have stayed is different from the actual amount that we were, and to discover, you will need to go to a doctor for sleep evaluation. The study was cross so that no causality can be determined, but the authors note that large amounts of clinical data and research indicate that it is more likely that insomnia leads to hypertension and not vice versa.

The previous reports have shown that insomnia with short sleep duration is associated with hypersecretion of cortisol, an increase in activity of catecholamines, increased heart rate and metabolic rate 24 hours, and the variability of heart rate in May that lead to impaired hypertension and other cardiovascular events. Bottom line is that the study invites people with insomnia to seek evaluation and treatment of their medical provider. And those of you with only insomnia and normal sleep, you may have a lower risk for physical problems, but you are still at risk of depression and may be affected by the behavior of insomnia, if you should also consult the doctor!