Problems Tied to Obesity Also Seem to Affect Sleep
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) — Three conditions often linked to obesity have also been tied independently to sleep apnea, new studies show.
Insulin resistance, the progression of liver disease, and living a less-than-active life were all found to be associated with the common breathing disorder, regardless of people’s weight, according to reports published in the February issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
A John Hopkins University study found a strong tie between insulin resistance — the body’s inability to metabolize glucose — and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), pauses or other abnormalities in breathing while sleeping.
“What our research tells us is that SDB is characterized by multiple physiological deficits that increase the predisposition for type 2 diabetes mellitus,” study leader Dr. Naresh Punjabi, an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, said in an American Thoracic Society news release. [...]
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