Babak Mokhlesi, ATS 2019 – Impact Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Duration on Glucose Tolerance (Part 2)
Speaking at the 2019 ATS conference in Dallas, TX, USA, Babak Mokhlesi (University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA) discusses the link between obstructive sleep apnoea, insufficient sleep duration and type 2 diabetes; key findings of his study, and the implications for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes.
Questions
1. Please briefly describe the objective of your study and how the study investigated these objectives. (0:05)
2. What were the key findings of the study and what implications do your results have for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes? (07:04)
3. What are the next steps for your research? (09:38)
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Speaker disclosure: Babak Mokhlesi has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.
Filmed at ATS 2019, Dallas, TX, USA, May 2019.