Effect of behavioural sleep interventions on blood pressure, heart rate, and heart rate variability in adults with poor sleep health: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis.

Eur Heart J Open · 2026 · PMC12915584 · PMID 41716901

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just missed significanceP = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

participants without hypertension), the average systolic blood pressure reduction just missed significance, 3.27 mmHg (−0.09, 7.15, I 2 = 0%, P = 0.06, n = 259 from six studies), Figure 4 .

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A similar trend was observed for the outcome of diastolic blood pressure, although this did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.147).

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