Why the study?
Are sleep variability and sleep irregularity associated with blunted nighttime blood pressure dipping in the general population?
Are sleep variability and sleep irregularity associated with blunted nighttime blood pressure dipping in the general population?
Sleep irregularity may partly explain ethnic disparities in nighttime blood pressure dipping between Black and European American individuals.
Sleep irregularity may contribute to ethnic BP dipping disparities; hypothesis-generating for prospective trials before clinical consideration.
Sleep variability and sleep irregularity are associated with blunted BP dipping in the general population. In addition, data from the present investigation also demonstrate that the ethnic difference in sleep irregularity could partly explain the ethnic difference in BP dipping, an important finding that may help reduce the health disparity between Black participants and European Americans.
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