- Researchers say how much sleep we get and how well we sleep are factors in type 2 diabetes risk.
- They report that people who sleep more than 10 hours and those who sleep less than 6 hours have the highest risk of developing the disease.
- They explain that sleep has a direct impact on insulin resistance and secretion.
How much sleep we get – and the quality of that sleep – can play a big role in determining our risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Getting fewer than 6 or more than 10 hours of sleep or poor quality of sleep raises the risk of diabetes, according to new research presented at the ENDO 2023 conference in Chicago.
A team of researchers led by the study’s lead author, Dr. Wonjin Kim, an associate professor at CHA University School of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea, examined data from 8,816 healthy people participating in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (
The findings, which haven’t been published yet in a peer reviewed journal, focus on devising treatment guidelines for preventing or controlling conditions including diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases.
The researchers divided study participants into four groups: those who slept fewer than six hours a night, those who sleep six to seven hours a night, those who slept eight to nine hours, and those who slept more than nine hours.
During the course of the 14-year follow-up period, 18% of participants developed type 2 diabetes.
Researchers reported that participants who slept more than 10 hours faced the greatest risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but those who got less than 6 hours also had a high risk of developing diabetes.
Poor sleep also proved a major risk factor for developing diabetes.
The ideal amount of sleep to help prevent diabetes is seven hours a night, according to the researchers.
The study builds on previous research demonstrating that sleep duration and quality has a direct impact on insulin resistance and…
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