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People who take naps more often have a higher chance of developing high blood pressure and having a stroke — reports by the American Heart Association (AHA). High blood pressure puts us at risk of heart disease and increases our risk of stroke. According to the data of the Central Statistical Office, cardiovascular diseases are the most common cause of death in Poland in 2021.
- Study conducted on 360 people found that people taking naps during the day were more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and strokes
- Taking naps during the day can mean that we sleep poorly at night. This can be associated with a number of conditions, including type XNUMX diabetes
- In Poland, the largest number of people died in 2021 due to cardiovascular problems
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“This may be because, while nap itself is not harmful, many people who take naps during the day may do so because they sleep poorly at night. Bad sleep at night is associated with health problems, and naps are not enough to compensate for this » — reported in a statement quoted by CNN, clinical psychologist Michael Grandner.
More frequent naps can lead to serious problems
Study participants who usually took a nap during the day were 12 percent. more likely to develop hypertension and 24 percent. more likely to suffer a stroke compared to people who have never allowed themselves to sleep during the day. If a person was under the age of 60 and took a nap most days, they increased their risk of developing high blood pressure by 20 percent. compared to people who rarely or never nap.
AHA recently added sleep as one of the eight main indicators for optimal heart and brain health. The results of the study were similar, even when the researchers excluded people at high risk of hypertension from the study group, including sick with diabetes type two, with high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
“From a clinical point of view, I think it highlights the importance of healthcare professionals routinely asking patients about naps and excessive daytime sleepiness, and assessing other medical conditions that have the potential to modify the risk of cardiovascular disease.” — Dr. Phyllis Zee Northwestern University in Chicago told CNN.
The study used data of 360 thousand. people who previously donated them to the British biobank. Subjects provided regular blood, urine, and saliva samples and answered questions about napping four times throughout the study. Only the frequency of naps was checked, not their length. A refreshing nap should last from 15 to 20 minutes in the chair. from 12.00 to 14.00, as long as you do not have problems with insomnia.
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Most of the subjects who took a nap during the day regularly smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol, snored, suffered from insomnia and were “night owl”. Sleep disorders are linked to increases in stress and weight-regulating hormones, which can lead to obesity, high blood pressure, and type XNUMX diabetes.
In Poland, most people die from cardiovascular diseases
In 2021, over half a million people died in Poland. The data published by the Central Statistical Office show that, similarly to the year before, cardiovascular diseases were the main cause of deaths. Cancer was in second place, and COVID-19 closed the infamous podium.