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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Fit and healthy 20-somethings are not the typical face of type 2 diabetes. But the common condition sleep apnea, which stops a person from breathing for brief periods while they sleep, could increase a healthy young man's risk for type 2 diabetes, a small study published in Diabetes Care finds.
Previous research has found a link between sleep apnea and type 2 diabetes, but not in healthy men presenting no other diabetic risk factors.
In the study conducted at McGill University in Canada, 12 men between 18 and 30 with sleep apnea were compared to a control group of 20 men. All of the men in the study were similar in terms of age, body mass index, ethnicity-based diabetes risk, level of exercise and family history of type 2 diabetes. Both groups had normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. After eating, the men with sleep apnea had a 27 percent lower insulin sensitivity and a higher total insulin secretion than the control subjects -- two symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes risk.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/sleep-apnea-type-2-diabetes_n_1834016.html
Previous research has found a link between sleep apnea and type 2 diabetes, but not in healthy men presenting no other diabetic risk factors.
In the study conducted at McGill University in Canada, 12 men between 18 and 30 with sleep apnea were compared to a control group of 20 men. All of the men in the study were similar in terms of age, body mass index, ethnicity-based diabetes risk, level of exercise and family history of type 2 diabetes. Both groups had normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. After eating, the men with sleep apnea had a 27 percent lower insulin sensitivity and a higher total insulin secretion than the control subjects -- two symptoms associated with type 2 diabetes risk.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/28/sleep-apnea-type-2-diabetes_n_1834016.html