Sleep duration is a significant predictor of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

CONCLUSION: Findings of the present study suggest that subjective sleep outcomes such as sleep duration, sleep onset latency, sleep efficiency, daytime dysfunction and overall sleep quality are associated with the indices of cardiac autonomic function in T2DM. Moreover, short sleep duration may be considered a predictor in the occurrence of CAN in these patients. Considering the role of sleep in the pathophysiology of CAN, sleep should be routinely examined in patients with T2DM and appropriate therapeutic interventions should be implemented particularly in case of reduced sleep duration. PMID: 30850339 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Primary Care - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Prim Care Diabetes Source Type: research