Long daytime napping: A silent danger for hypertensive individuals

Background and purpose Hypertension significantly contributes to stroke. Previous research has indicated a connection between daytime napping and stroke. Research on the connection between daytime napping duration and first stroke in hypertensive individuals is lacking nevertheless. Methods This research, which ran from 24 August 2013 to 31 December 2022, recruited 11,252 individuals with hypertension and without a history of stroke from the China Stroke Primary Prevention Trial. To determine the relationship between daytime napping duration and stroke onset in hypertensive individuals, we conducted analyses for threshold effects, multivariate‐adjusted Cox proportional hazard regression models, and Kaplan–Meier survival curves. Results The duration of daytime napping (60 min (HR = 1.37, 95% CI = 1.14–1.65) were substantially related with a greater risk of first stroke. Additionally, this correlation was absent in cases of hemorrhagic stroke, but present in cases of ischemic stroke, specifically for hypertensive individuals who napped for 31–60 min or >60 min (p 30 min) are at an elevated risk of stroke onset, particularly ischemic stroke, irrespective of other factors. Daytime napping duration and the risk of first stroke in hypertensive individuals.