TITLE:
The undisclosed role of anoxia/hypoxia and disturbed sleep on glucose metabolism
AUTHORS:
Patrizio Tatti, Desiderio Passali, Luisa Passali
KEYWORDS:
Diabetes Mellitus; OSAS; Sleep Disturbance
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Diabetes Mellitus,
Vol.2 No.2,
May
25,
2012
ABSTRACT: Up to recently the respiratory disturbances were considered a risk factor for hypertension, but there was no trace of a role in metabolic disorders. Only recently the existence of a connection among the respiratory disturbance caused by the obstruction of the upper airways and a wide array of metabolic disturbances has been demonstrated. The respective roles of anoxia/ hypoxia and the attendant disturbed sleep remain, however, to be clarified.