Sleep and body weight in diabetes mellitus: a large retrospective analysis from South India

AIM: To analyze the pattern of sleep disorders among 4624 individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus who complained of disturbed sleep at our centre in South India. METHODS: Retrospective analysis of data from electronic medical records. RESULTS: Body mass index or body weight was not related to the prevalence of sleep disturbances. They were more in sedentary individuals, who consumed alcoholic beverages, and those with known hypertension or with a family history of diabetes. Body mass index was not a risk factor even after excluding known factors disturbing sleep (viz. nocturia, body pains, burning soles). CONCLUSION: Body weight in type 2 diabetes mellitus was not related to the prevalence of sleep disorders in our sample.