Please take your time to answer the questions related to the Journal "Healthy Sleep Associated With Lower Risk of Hypertension Regardless of Genetic Risk: A Population-Based Cohort Study."

This is the link for the journal journal "https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.769130/full"

Questions that need to be answered are below.

Your critique should be 3-4 double-spaced typed pages with a font size of 11 or 12.

You can critique ONLY ONE of the articles provided. Do not critique multiple articles.

Answers should be given in complete sentences with supportive examples and evidence. Please answer the following questions in your critique, writing in paragraph form. Please use correct grammar and spelling.

You may choose to format your critique as a stand-alone paper, or you may repeat the questions below in the text and then respond to them in complete sentences. Either form is acceptable.

Please respond to the questions below in your critique:

1. In your opening sentence, please mention the title, author (if there are one or two authors, you should mention both. If there are three or more authors, you can just mention the first author and then use the abbreviation "et al" which means "all the rest of the authors"), journal where the article was published, and publication date of the article.

2. Why was the study done? What were the aims of the study? Were the aims clear?

3. Was the study original? Did the study add to the body of knowledge already available on the subject?

4. Mention the study design. What design was it? Was the study design appropriate? Why or why not? (i.e. do you agree with the study design the authors chose, or do you think they should have used a different design)? Explain.

5. Who was studied? Describe the population, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and sample size. Make sure to describe these criteria for both groups (assuming there are two or more such as exposed/unexposed or case/control)

6. Describe how the exposure and outcome variables were measured and described. Were they continuous or categorical? If categorical, were they dichotomous? Was the authors' description sufficient?

7. Explain if the data collection methods were appropriate. Were the investigators able to get complete data, or did they have to exclude relevant data? (If relevant: Were assessments blinded?)

8. Were there any ethical issues associated with the study (such as selection of subjects, exposure, etc). If so, how were these issues addressed?

9. Were the statistical approaches described and appropriate? Justify your response. Include how systematic bias was avoided or minimized, including any confounding.

10. Were the results reported in adequate detail? Explain and give at least one example in your response

11. Were the results appropriate for the methods described? For example, describe what measures of association the authors used in their results (such as risk ratio, and odds ratio) was this measure appropriate for the study design?

12. Were the authors' conclusions justified and supported by the results?

13. Did the discussion put the results in context?

14. Did the authors address any criteria that could support a causal relationship between the exposure and the outcome?

15. Did the authors include potential public health implications of the study? What additional studies or policies did they suggest? What is an additional study or policy you can think of?

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