Author(s)

Patrizio Tatti, Desiderio Passali, Luisa Passali

Diabetes and Endocrinology Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma “H”, Roma, Italy.
ENT Department, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

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.

Diabetes Mellitus; OSAS; Sleep Disturbance

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.