ArticleSleep2017
Sleep-Wake Concordance in Couples Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Risk Markers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- A narrative review of mechanisms linking romantic relationship experiences to sleep quality.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Review
- Correlations in sleeping patterns and circadian preference between spouses.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Protocol of a dyadic sleep intervention for adult patients with cancer and their sleep-partner caregivers.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2023Article
- The relationship between the emergency nurses' sleep quality and the sleep quality of their spouses: A cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Affective Experience and Regulation via Sleep, Touch, and "Sleep-Touch" Among Couples.Affective science · 2022Article
- Intimate Relationships and Coronary Heart Disease: Implications for Risk, Prevention, and Patient Management.Current cardiology reports · 2022Review
- Nightly sleep-wake concordance and daily marital interactions.Sleep health · 2021Article
- Co-Sleeping between Adolescents and Their Pets May Not Impact Sleep Quality.Clocks & sleep · 2021Article
- Sleep problems in advanced cancer patients and their caregivers: Who is disturbing whom?Journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- The role of couple sleep concordance in sleep quality: Attachment as a moderator of associations.Journal of sleep research · 2019Article
- Sleep Quality and Inflammation in Married Heterosexual Couples: an Actor-Partner Analysis.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Aim: To determine whether interdependence in couples' sleep (sleep-wake concordance i.e., whether couples are awake or asleep at the same time throughout the night) is associated with two markers of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, ambulatory blood pressure (BP) and systemic inflammation. Methods: This community-based study is a cross-sectional analysis of 46 adult couples, aged 18-45 years, without known sleep disorders. Percent sleep-wake concordance, the independent variable, was calculated for each individual using actigraphy. Ambulatory BP monitors measured BP across 48 h. Dependent variables included mean sleep systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP (DBP), mean wake SBP and DBP, sleep-wake SBP and DBP ratios, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Mixed models were used and were adjusted for age, sex, education, race, and body mass index. Results: Higher sleep-wake concordance was associated with lower sleep SBP (b = -.35, SE = .01) and DBP (b = -.22, SE = .10) and lower wake SBP (b = -.26, SE = .12; all p values < .05). Results were moderated by sex; for women, high concordance was associated with lower BP. Men and women with higher sleep-wake concordance also had lower CRP values (b = -.15, SE = .03, p < .05). Sleep-wake concordance was not associated with wake DBP or sleep/wake BP ratios. Significant findings remained after controlling for individual sleep quality, duration, and wake after sleep onset. Conclusions: Sleep-wake concordance was associated with sleep BP, and this association was stronger for women. Higher sleep-wake concordance was associated with lower systemic inflammation for men and women. Sleep-wake concordance may be a novel mechanism by which marital relationships are associated with long-term CVD outcomes.
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