Arterial stiffness: a long sleeper issue?

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Luciano F Drager et al. Sleep. 2011.

. 2011 Dec 1;34(12):1623-4.

doi: 10.5665/sleep.1414.

¹ Hypertension Unit, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, Brazil. luciano.drager@incor.usp.br

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Relation between self-reported sleep duration and arterial stiffness: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged Japanese civil servants.
Yoshioka E, Saijo Y, Kita T, Okada E, Satoh H, Kawaharada M, Kishi R. Yoshioka E, et al. Sleep. 2011 Dec 1;34(12):1681-6. doi: 10.5665/sleep.1434. Sleep. 2011. PMID: 22131605 Free PMC article.

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