Obstructive sleep apnea mediates genetic risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Hispanic and Latino communities
These results support a causal association between OSA and DM, with OSA mediating up to 4.7% of the genetic risk for DM. OSA treatment may reduce DM prevalence.
Authors
- Brian Spitzer
- Suzanne M. Bertisch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4627-8871)
- Yana Hrytsenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4683-8883)
- Kent D. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2756-4370)
- Tamar Sofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8520-8860)
- Carmen R. Isasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2700-9593)
- Olga Garcia‐Bedoya
- Susan Redline (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6585-1610)
- Alberto R. Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9861-6609)
- Qibin Qi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2687-1758)
- Linda C. Gallo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3678-5888)
- Carmela Alcántara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-3842)
- Martha L. Daviglus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6791-8727)
- Heming Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1486-7495)
- J. Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4945-6733)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- Illinois College (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Cancer Research And Biostatistics (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01107-y
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Office of Dietary Supplements
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- University of Miami
- Northwestern University
- San Diego State University
- National Institutes of Health
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities