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Poor Sleep Increases Diabetes Risk

Posted: Wednesday, October 20, 2004

That finding comes from Swedish researchers who conducted a 15-year study that included almost 6,600 men who were around 45 years old. All were healthy at the start of the research, and none had diabetes. Resting heart rate tests were administered at the outset of the study.
At the 15-year follow up, about 9 percent of the men reported either difficulties with sleep or use of sleep-related drugs. More than 2 percent reported both. More than 4 percent of the men, overall, developed diabetes. Men who reported sleep-related problems or sleep-related drug use were more likely to develop the disease. Even after researchers took into account other factors that could have contributed to the development of diabetes, the results held true.

Investigators also found a modest link between elevated resting heart rate at the beginning of the study and subsequent development of diabetes, but this association was not as strong as the association between diabetes and sleep problems.

Researchers conclude, “It appears that impaired sleep physiology can have serious long-term health effects and increase the risk of diabetes.”

Source: Diabetes In Control.com: