Insomnia Identified as a New Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes in New Study

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Insomnia identified as a new risk factor for type 2 diabetes in new study which also confirms many other risk and protective factors:

A new 'global atlas' study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) is the first to identify insomnia as a risk factor associated with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study identifies 34 risk factors that are thought to increase (19) or decrease risk (15), as well as a further 21 'suggestive' risk factors where evidence was not quite as strong.

[...] They found evidence of causal associations between 34 exposures (19 risk factors and 15 protective factors) and T2D. Insomnia was identified as a novel risk factor, with people with insomnia being 17% more likely to develop T2D than those without.

[...] The authors conclude: "Our study confirmed several previously established risk factors and identified novel potential risk factors for type 2 diabetes using the latest summary-level data. Findings should inform public health policies for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes. Prevention strategies should be constructed from multiple perspectives, such as lowering obesity and smoking rates and levels, and improving mental health, sleep quality, educational level and birthweight."

Journal Reference:
Shuai Yuan, Susanna C. Larsson. An atlas on risk factors for type 2 diabetes: a wide-angled Mendelian randomisation study [open], Diabetologia (DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05253-x)

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