Less Than Seven Hours of Sleep Each Day is Associated with Elevated Blood Pressure

Less than seven hours of sleep per day has been linked to an increased risk of high blood pressure, according to recent studies.

Numerous studies have previously demonstrated that getting too little sleep can raise blood pressure, according to media sources. Experts now connect this phenomena to the length of sleep, though.

Medical professionals examined participants’ health by doing a thorough study of sixteen studies involving millions of people from six different nations. All of the research, which included one million high blood pressure participants, were carried out between 2000 and 2023.

Experts came to the conclusion that a higher risk of high blood pressure is linked to sleeping fewer than seven hours per day.

A professor from Iran who was engaged in the study claims that those who get less than seven hours of sleep a day may be up to 7% more likely to develop high blood pressure, while people who get less than five hours of sleep may be up to 11% more likely.

Although specialists emphasized that sleep deprivation raises blood pressure, the study did not explore the reasons behind people’s inability to fall asleep. But according to specialists, there are a number of possible causes—including smoking, alcoholism, depression, and other factors—that can interfere with sleep, which raises the chance of high blood pressure, which in turn increases the risk of major illnesses including heart disease and stroke.

To avoid high blood pressure, experts advised getting at least eight hours of sleep per day.