A new study shows that teens who sleep less than 7.7 hours per night are more likely to have high blood pressure.
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According to research presented at the American Heart Association meeting, people with both insomnia and sleep deprivation are five times more likely to have high blood pressure, especially high systolic blood pressure.
Systolic pressure is the blood pressure when your heart beats and the force of your blood against the walls of your arteries.
Researchers have warned that high blood pressure in teens can put them at risk for lifelong heart health problems.
Senior researcher Julio Fernandez-Mendoza said that while we need more research on this association in larger studies on teens, it is fair to say that sleep health is important for heart health and we should not ignore it.
