Sleep Apnea in Patients With T2DM Ups Risk for Comorbidities
Patients with T2DM and OSA diagnosis at higher risk for cardiovascular, microvascular complications.
Patients with T2DM and OSA diagnosis at higher risk for cardiovascular, microvascular complications.
A study of Chinese healthcare workers may foreshadow the mental health burden placed upon physicians, nurses, and other professionals as COVID-19 strains the medical system in the United States.
The study expands on prior research by incorporating a larger more diverse CKD/ESRD population followed over a longer period, and it adjusted for several important confounders, such as kidney transplant status.
Risk for dying from heart attack, stroke higher among those with high blood pressure, diabetes and short sleep.
But no association observed between sleep duration or quality and change in BP drug use
People with obstructive sleep apnea continued to be at higher risk of developing gout after the first year of obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis.
Findings emerged from an analysis of data from 2588 men who participated in the REDUCE trial.
Short sleep duration is associated with a 47% increased risk of proteinuria, a surrogate marker for kidney disease progression.
After 6 months, researchers found a greater decrease in HbA1c levels compared to the control group.
In these patients, systolic blood pressure at night was elevated by an average of 2.9 mm Hg.