Figure 1.

Conceptual model of the impact of phychosocial factors on the relationship between sleep and sleep disturbances and cardiovascular disease.

Dark blue arrow represents the physiological basis of the relationship between sleep and cardiovascular disease; Panel A represents moderation of the relationship between sleep and cardiovascular disease by race/ethnicity; panel B represents the impact of psychosocial factors on sleep; Panel C represents psychosocial factors as mediators of the relationship between sleep and cardiovascular disease; Panel D represents psychosocial factors as moderators of the relationship between sleep and cardiocvascular disease