Obstructive sleep apnea and incident type 2 diabetes

To determine whether severity of obstructive sleep apnea is associated with incident diabetes in middle-aged and older adults. A prospective analysis of 1453 non-diabetic participants of both the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study and the Sleep Heart Health Study (mean age 63 years, 46% male) had in-home polysomnography (1996–1998) and was followed up for incident diabetes. Using the apnea–hypopnea index derived from home polysomnography,...