Canberra: Australian research has found a link between snoring and high blood pressure.
According to the study, conducted by sleep scientists at Flinders University in South Australia, people who snore regularly at night are more likely to have high blood pressure and uncontrolled hypertension, Xinhua news agency reported.
Hypertension occurs when the pressure in a person’s blood vessels is too high. It can cause serious damage to the heart, leading to heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and heart disease.
Blood pressure is recorded in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) as two numbers, such as 120/80. The first number, systolic blood pressure, measures the pressure in the arteries when the heart pumps blood and the second, diastolic blood pressure, is the pressure when the heart relaxes before the next beat.
The study found that 15 percent of 12,287 participants snored for more than 20 percent of the night on average over a six-month follow-up period and that those with high levels of snoring had a 3.8 mmHg higher systolic blood pressure and a 4.5 mmHg higher diastolic blood pressure. pressure than participants who did not snore.
The Flinders University study was the first to use multiple night-time monitoring technologies at home over an extended period to investigate the link between snoring and hypertension. Participants in the study were middle-aged and 88 percent were men.
“For the first time we can objectively say that there is a significant connection between regular nighttime snoring and high blood pressure,” Bastien Lechat, lead author of the research from the Flinders University School of Medicine and Public Health, told the media. launch on Wednesday.
“These results emphasize the importance of considering snoring as a factor in the medical care and treatment of sleep-related problems, especially in the context of hypertension control.”
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 1.28 billion adults ages 30 to 79 worldwide have hypertension and that 46 percent of adults with hypertension do not know they have the condition.
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