New research reveals type 2 diabetes and elevated fasting blood glucose are independent predictors of daytime sleepiness and poor sleep quality, according to HCP Live.

Type 2 diabetes increases the risk of both nocturnal intermittent hypoxia and sleep fragmentation, and type 2 diabetics are up to 20 times more likely to suffer from sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.

Previous studies suggested poor sleep also increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. Improving blood glucose control quickly reduces oxygen desaturation during sleep. Experts have said formal sleep studies are too costly and time-consuming to use in large and diverse populations, and past research supports the use of questionnaires to measure sleep quality in large populations.

A team of Spanish researchers have found that type 2 diabetes and elevated fasting blood glucose are independent predictors of daytime sleepiness and poor sleep quality in a new study published in PLOS ONE.

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