Poor sleep quality increases hypertension by 1.29-fold in Ibadan, environs — Study

Experts have reported that adults resident in Ibadan and its suburbs with poor sleep quality have 1.29 times higher chances of developing hypertension and called for the implementation of culturally sensitive interventions to improve sleep quality and manage hypertension in adults resident in the population.

Researchers, in a study published in the Journal of Human Hypertension, indicated that poor sleep quality is associated with higher odds of hypertension, with an odds ratio of 1.29 for those with poor sleep quality compared to those with good sleep quality.

The study had included 3,635 participants in an ongoing door-to-door community-based investigation of the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in Ibadan (COMBAT-CVDs) study to assess the risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Ibadan and its suburbs.

In the study, which involved Olufemi Gbolahan Aremu, Osahon Jeffery Asowata, David Kadan Danladi, Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle and Onoja Matthew Akpa, sleep quality…

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