Response from the authors

摘要

We are grateful for the interest and comments made by Dr. Yontar et al. [1] regarding our article "Sleep in women - normal values for sleep stages and position and the effect of age, obesity, sleep apnea, smoking, alcohol and hypertension" [1].The impact of hypertension on sleep quality and sleep efficiency is an interesting issue. We found that hypertension was a predictor of short sleep time, reduced sleep efficiency and prolonged sleep latency in a population-based sample of women [2]. It was not possible, however, to state the role of anti-hypertensive medication because of the study design.