DOC News January 1, 2005
Volume 2 Number 1 p. 23
© 2005 American Diabetes Association
Diabetes Linked to Sleep Disturbances in Middle-Aged Men
Although long-term sleep loss is often secondary to both physical andmental illness, it appears that insomnia may also play a more central role indisease origins.
Researchers in Sweden investigated whether sleep disturbances and elevatedresting heart are associated with increased risk of developing diabetes.Investigators studied a group of 6,599 initially healthy, nondiabeticmiddle-aged men. The incidence of diabetes was evaluated during an averagefollow-up of 14.8 years.
Results of the study showed 615 men (9.3%) reported either difficulty infalling asleep or regular use of hypnotics. One hundred fifty-eight of thesubjects (2.4%) reported both of these. All told, 281 (4.3%) of the subjectsdeveloped diabetes during the study period. Fifteen percent of those whodeveloped diabetes also reported difficulties in falling asleep or the use ofsleep aids. Only 9.1% of the nondiabetic men reported these problems. Twice asmany men with diabetes reported sleep issues than those without diabetes. Theaverage heart rate of the men who developed diabetes was 72 compared to 69 forthe nondiabetic men.
Researchers concluded that "sleep disturbances and, possibly,elevated resting heart rate, in middle-aged men, are associated with anincreased risk of diabetes."
Nilsson PM, Roost M, Engstrom G, Hedblad B, Berglund G:Incidence of diabetes in middle-aged men is related to sleep disturbances.Diabetes Care 27:2464–2469, 2004[Abstract/Free Full Text]
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