The results held true even after researchers excluded people at high risk for hypertension, such as those with type 2 diabetes, existing high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sleep disorders and who did night-shift work. The AHA recently added sleep duration as one of its eight essential metrics to optimal heart and brain health. If the person was younger than age 60, napping most days raised the risk of developing high blood pressure by 20% compared with people who never or rarely nap, according to the study published Monday in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal. Lev Dolgachov/Syda Productions/Adobe StockĮxcessive napping could be a sign of dementia, study finds
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