American Physiological Society, American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 4(325), p. H739-H750, 2023
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00169.2023
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This is the first study to investigate the individual and combined impacts of objective sleep and PTSD symptoms severity on arterial stiffness and microvascular endothelial function in young premenopausal women. We report that in young trauma-exposed women, although low sleep efficiency is associated with overall vascular function (i.e., microvascular endothelial function and arterial stiffness), the severity of PTSD symptoms is specifically associated with microvascular endothelial function, after accounting for age and body mass index.