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.