Sleep attenuates body mass index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and its effect on blood pressure in young adolescents: The cross-sectional lifestyle, biomarkers, and early risk of hypertension

Along with-it, high blood pressure (BP) levels are influenced by high body mass index (BMI) and low cardiorespiratory fitness which are among the most important cardiovascular disease risk factors. The feeling of fatigue developed due to chronic sleep deprivation leads to reduced physical activity and has been a major criterion for various cardiovascular health problems which are based on experimental studies. Poor sleep with disturbed sleep patterns alters metabolic as well as endocrine functions which lead to decreased insulin sensitivity, decrease in glucose tolerance, increased Cortisol level at night, increased ghrelin hormone level, and decreased leptin levels. [...]in India, hypertension has turned into the most predominant chronic disease and is no longer an old age disease.