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Poor sleep is associated with higher blood pressure in pregnancy -- a prospective cohort study
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  • Yafang Tang,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Fei Dai,
  • Nurul Razali,
  • Shephali Tagore,
  • Bernard, Su Min Chern,
  • Kok Hian Tan
Yafang Tang
KK Women's and Children's Hospital

Corresponding Author:yafang.tang@mohh.com.sg

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Jun Zhang
Xinhua Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Fei Dai
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
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Nurul Razali
KK Womens and Childrens Hospital, Singapore
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Shephali Tagore
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
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Bernard, Su Min Chern
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
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Kok Hian Tan
KK Womens and Childrens Hospital
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Abstract

Objective: To elucidate the correlation between sleep disturbances and blood pressure during pregnancy in women with no pre-existing hypertension. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Outpatient specialist clinics at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore. Population: Women with viable singleton pregnancies confirmed by ultrasonography at less than 14 weeks of amenorrhea at first visit. Methods: 926 subjects were recruited for this study in the outpatient specialist clinics at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore, between September 1, 2010, and August 31, 2014. They were followed up throughout pregnancy with sleep quality, blood pressure and uterine artery doppler assessed at each visit. Main outcome measures: sleep quality, blood pressure and uterine artery doppler. Results: Sleep progressively worsened as pregnancy advances. Shorter sleep duration and poorer sleep efficiency were associated with higher blood pressure, especially in the first trimester. Mixed model analysis demonstrated overall positive correlation between sleep quality represented by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (p<0.001) and mean arterial pressure (MAP) (p=0.005) during pregnancy after considering all trimesters. Sleep duration was found to be negatively correlated with both systolic blood pressure (SBP) (p=0.029) and DBP (p=0.002) while sleep efficiency is negatively correlated with DBP (p=0.002) only. Overall poor sleep during pregnancy was also found to be correlated to higher uterine artery pulsatility index. Conclusion: Our prospective study demonstrated that sleep quality is significantly correlated with blood pressure during pregnancy with most prominent effect in the first trimester.
21 Jul 2020Submitted to BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
21 Jul 2020Submission Checks Completed
21 Jul 2020Assigned to Editor
22 Jul 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
07 Aug 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
04 Sep 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Major
29 Sep 20201st Revision Received
01 Oct 2020Submission Checks Completed
01 Oct 2020Assigned to Editor
02 Oct 2020Reviewer(s) Assigned
04 Oct 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
12 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Revise Minor
13 Oct 20202nd Revision Received
13 Oct 2020Submission Checks Completed
13 Oct 2020Assigned to Editor
26 Oct 2020Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
26 Oct 2020Editorial Decision: Accept