The undisclosed role of anoxia/hypoxia and disturbed sleep on glucose metabolism

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.

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Tatti, P. , Passali, D. and Passali, L. (2012) The undisclosed role of anoxia/hypoxia and disturbed sleep on glucose metabolism. Journal of Diabetes Mellitus, 2, 186-190. doi: 10.4236/jdm.2012.22029.

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