A stressful work environment coupled with a lack of sleep can result in a threefold-higher risk of cardiovascular death in people with hypertension
ISLAMABAD (Pakistan Point News / Online - 06th May, 2019) A stressful work environment coupled with a lack of sleep can result in a threefold-higher risk of cardiovascular death in people with hypertension.Recent research looked at how stress and insomnia affected the health of employees who have hypertension, and the news was sobering.The researchers found that in comparison with their peers who slept well and did not experience work-related stress, hypertensive employees with stress and insomnia were three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease.
Researchers analyzed data from nearly 2,000 employees whose ages ranged from 25 to 65 years. These workers had high blood pressure, but, at the time of the study, they did not have cardiovascular disease or diabetes.Although those with either job-related stress or insomnia did have an increased risk of cardiovascular death, the risk was higher when people had both of these factors present in their everyday lives.The authors published their findings in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
"These are insidious problems," notes Prof. Karl-Heinz Ladwig of the German Research Centre for Environmental Health and the Medical Faculty, Technical University of Munich.Hypertension is a major risk factor for manyResearchers define hypertension as high blood pressure in the arteries.According to the American Heart Association (AHA), normal blood pressure readings for adults sit below 120/80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg), while people with hypertension have either a systolic pressure (upper number) of 130 mm Hg or higher or a diastolic pressure (lower number) of 80 mm Hg or above.
High blood pressure is a widespread problem in the United States, with the AHA estimating that close to 103 million adults have hypertension.This number equates to almost half of all adults in the U.S., and experts note that the death rate stemming from hypertension is increasing. In fact, it rose by nearly 11% from 2005 to 2015.
