The study is the first to use multiple night home-based monitoring technologies over a prolonged period
A common night-time condition could be an early warning sign of dangerous hypertension - high blood pressure, according to the largest study of its kind.
Dr Bastien Lechat, from the College of Medicine and Public Health, said: "For the first time, we can objectively say that there is a significant connection between regular nighttime snoring and high blood pressure. We found that 15 per cent of all participants in the study, who were primarily overweight men, snore for more than 20 per cent of the night on average and that this regular nightly snoring is associated with elevated blood pressure and uncontrolled hypertension.
"This risk almost doubled again in people who snored regularly and had sleep apnoea versus those who did not snore regularly." The study utilised sleep tracker data gathered by a sensor placed under the mattress to detect snoring and sleep apnoea, along with an FDA-registered home blood pressure monitor in over 12,000 participants worldwide over a nine-month period.
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