5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  A study at the EASD 2024 Annual Meeting linked sleep timing to body composition and type 2 diabetes risk.

• 2

  The study analyzed data from 5,026 participants, with a mean age of 56 years and a mean BMI of 30 kg/m2.

• 3

  Participants were categorized into chronotypes based on midpoint of sleep, with late chronotype showing a higher T2D risk.

• 4

  Late chronotype was associated with increased BMI, waist circumference, visceral fat, and liver fat compared to intermediate chronotype.

• 5

  During a median follow-up of 6.6 years, 225 participants were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.