The effect was even greater for people with diabetes who experienced sleep disturbances, the study found. They were 12% more likely to die over this period than those who had diabetes but not frequent sleep disturbances. -- people can begin to address sleep disturbances earlier in life and hopefully mitigate this increased risk of death, Knutson said. "We wanted to see if you have both diabetes and sleep disturbances, are you worse off than just diabetes alone?" "It could have gone either way, but it turns out having both diabetes and sleep disturbances was associated increased mortality, even compared to those with diabetes without sleep disturbances."
