Sleep Duration and Insomnia in the Elderly: Associations With Blood Pressure Variability and Carotid Artery Remodeling

Abstract

In elderly patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease, long sleep duration as well as persistent insomnia were significantly associated with higher visit-to-visit BP variability. Long sleep duration and persistent insomnia each had synergetic interactions with carotid artery stiffness and with visit-to-visit BP variability.