Insomnia is a prevalent sleep disorder that is associated with a multitude of health
consequences. Particularly, insomnia has been associated with cardiovascular disease and …

Sleep, a vital process of human being, is carefully orchestrated by the brain and consists of
cyclic transitions between rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep …

Study Objectives: We evaluated the interrater reliabilities of manual polysomnography sleep
stage scoring. We included all studies that employed Rechtschaffen and Kales rules or …

Background Poor sleep is common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, where
environmental factors contribute to reduce and fragment sleep. The objective of this study …

Sleep duration and sleep quality are important predictors of risk for cardiovascular disease
(CVD). One potential link between sleep health and CVD is through lifestyle factors such as …

Study Objectives: To assess the validity of sleep architecture and sleep continuity
biomarkers obtained from a portable, multichannel forehead electroencephalography (EEG) …

We sought to quantify the association between slow-wave (stage N3) sleep and
hypertension in a large cohort of middle-aged men and women. Data from 1850 participants …

This study investigated the effects of air temperature and ventilation on the sleep quality of
elderly subjects and elucidated the mechanisms involved. Sixteen subjects aged over 65 …

Background: Blacks have a high prevalence of hypertension and uncontrolled blood
pressure (BP), each of which may be partially explained by untreated sleep apnea. We …

Rationale: Conventional markers of sleep disturbance, based on manual
electroencephalography scoring, may not adequately capture important features of more …