Impact of Sleep Restriction on Blood Pressure Reactivity

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-45
SponsorUniversity of Missouri-Columbia

About this trial

The purpose of the research study is to examine the effects of shortened sleep on blood pressure.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Healthy adult men and women

18-45 years of age

BMI < 25 kg/m² (normal weight group) or ≥ 30 kg/m² (obesity group)

Non-pregnant, non-breastfeeding, and non-nicotine users

Disqualifiers

No acute or chronic conditions

Taking no medications known to affect sleep, autonomic, metabolic, or cardiovascular function

Self-reported history of irregular sleep

Self-reported history of hepatic, renal, pulmonary, cardiovascular, or neurological disease, stroke or neurovascular disease, bleeding/clotting disorders, sleep apnea or other sleep disorders, diabetes, history of alcoholism or substance abuse, major cardiovascular event or surgical procedure within the past three months, or hypertension

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sleep Restriction

    Behavioral

    You will be asked to shorten your sleep to four hours.

Treatment groups

45 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Sleep RestrictionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Normal SleepNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Mean Blood Pressure

Mean Blood pressure

Time frame
Baseline and during the last 1-minute of stress

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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