Insomnia linked to high insulin resistance in diabetics
Study finding that poor sleepers had 23% higher blood glucose levels and 48% higher blood insulin levels in the morning. The estimated insulin resistance in poor sleepers was 82% higher than normal sleepers with diabetes.
K. L. Knutson, E. Van Cauter, P. Zee, K. Liu, D. S. Lauderdale. Cross-Sectional Associations Between Measures of Sleep and Markers of Glucose Metabolism Among Subjects With and Without Diabetes: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Sleep Study. Diabetes Care, 2011; 34 (5): 1171 DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1962
