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+44 28 3718 0055Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639
Girardin Jean-Louis Author
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Affiliation
Sleep Behavior, Circadian Rhythm, Cardiovascular Health, Health Disparity
Department of Population Health,Center for Healthful Behavior Change (CHBC), Division of Health and Behavior, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA
Biography
Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD, is a Professor of Population Health and Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health. He is Director of the NHLBI-funded Program to Increase Diversity in Behavioral Medicine and Sleep Disorders Research (PRIDE) Summer Institute and Director of the T32 Program on Translational Behavioral Cardiovascular Health Research.
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Resistant Hypertension and Sleep Duration among Blacks with Metabolic Syndrome MetSO
Author(s): April Rogers , Olivia Necola , Azizi Sexias , Alla Luka , Valerie Newsome , Stephen Williams , Samy I McFarlane and Girardin Jean-Louis
Introduction: Resistant hypertension (RHTN) is an important condition affecting 29% of the hypertensive population. Sleep disturbances are increasingly recognized as underlying disorders among patients with RHTN. We evaluated associations of RHTN with short sleep duration among blacks with metabolic syndrome (MetS), a vulnerable population characterized by high prevalence of RHTN.
Methods: Data from the Metabolic Syndrome Outcome Study (MetSO), a NIH-funded cohort study characterizing metabolic syndrome (MetS) among blacks. MetS was defined according to criteria from the Adult Treatment Panel (ATP III). According to the American Heart Association RHTN is defined as blood pressure that remains above goal in spite of the use of 3 antihypertensive ... view more»
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