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Sleep Disturbances and Their Relationship to Cardiovascular Disease

Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, squan{at}arc.arizona.edu

Sleep disturbances are a common problem, with chronic insomnia occurring in 10% of the general adult population and obstructive sleep apnea present in 4% and 2% of middle-aged men and women, respectively. In addition, Americans are sleeping fewer hours per night than they did 20 years ago. There is now increasing evidence that reductions and increases in sleep duration, as well as various sleep disorders, including obstructive sleep apnea and insomnia, may be causal factors in the development of cardiovascular disease. Some of the evidence linking disturbances of sleep with cardiovascular disease is described in this review.

Key Words: cardiovascular disease • sleep • insomnia • sleep apnea

This version was published on July 1, 2009

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 1 Suppl, 55S-59S (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1559827609331709


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