Association of Sleep Duration, Midday Napping with Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Hypertension.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to assess the associations of sleep duration, midday napping and the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients with hypertension.

METHODS

We conducted a cross-sectional study enrolling 11,524 hypertensive participates from the Chinese Hypertension Registry Study. Information on sleep duration and midday napping were obtained by a self-administered questionnaire. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the risk of AF.

RESULTS

Compared with sleeping 6 to ≤8 hours/night, those reporting shorter sleep duration (≤5 hours/night) had a greater risk of AF (OR 1.95; 95% CI 1.28-2.95) in the fully adjusted model, while longer sleep (≥9 hours/night) was not significantly associated with the risk of AF. Compared with nonhabitual nappers, nappers had a higher risk of AF (OR 1.28; 95% CI 1.03-1.60) in the fully adjusted model. Moreover, we observed significant joint effects of sleeping ≤5 hours/night and nap (OR 2.13; 95% CI 1.09-4.14) on the risk of AF after adjusting for confounding factors.

CONCLUSION

Short sleep duration and midday napping were independently and jointly associated with higher risks of AF in patients with hypertension.