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Nimra Khan1, Rida-E-Zehra1, Nandni Dileep1
1Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Abstract:
This commentary discusses the study "Sleep Phenotypes, Genetic Susceptibility, and Risk of Obesity in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A National Prospective Cohort Study" by Xi et al. The study provides a perceptive investigation of how metabolic characteristics and genetic variables interact to affect body mass index (BMI) in people with T2D. It has some limitations, including reliance on self-reported sleep data and lack of in-depth sleep quality assessment. We highlight the importance of objective sleep data, detailed assessments of sleep quality, and advanced polygenic risk models in future research to better understand these relationships and inform precision diabetes care.
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