Association between habitual sleep duration and blood pressure and clinical implications: a systematic review.

Unlabelled: Elucidation of the association between short sleep duration and elevated blood pressure has implications for assessing and managing hypertension in adults.

Objective: To assess the relationship between sleep duration and blood pressure, and its role in the etiology of hypertension.

Methods: On a systematic search from MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, PEDro, PsychINFO and grey literature were included articles with participants over 18 years, reported sleep duration, measured blood pressure or diagnosed hypertension, and the relationship between sleep duration and blood pressure was analyzed.