A new study from Canada hints that the risk of diabetes may be two to three times higher among people with severe sleep apnea who also suffer daytime sleepiness. If you wake up tired, you many suffer from sleep apnea, learn the symptoms at http://www.ihatecpap.com.
Obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA, is a disorder in which the tissues at the back of the throat temporarily collapse during sleep, causing repeated stops and starts in breathing during the night. This leads to poor-quality sleep and, often, daytime drowsiness.
Dr. Willis H. Tsai, of Rockview General Hospital in Calgary, Alberta, noted that the increased risk for diabetes was primarily among participants with severe OSA who reported daytime sleepiness.
About 8 percent of the participants in the Canada study also reported having diabetes. And those with severe OSA were much more likely to have diabetes even after the investigators allowed for other OSA risk factors such as age, body weight, gender, neck circumference, and smoking status.
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