Type 2 Diabetes and Sleep Apnea: What’s the Connection?

People with type 2 diabetes are often obese and insulin resistant, and have large amounts of visceral fat — fat deep inside the body that covering and surrounding their organs.

What causes sleep apnea isn’t entirely known, but there appears to be a connection between insulin resistance, obesity — especially with visceral fat and a big waistline — and sleep apnea. This makes obese people with visceral fat and type 2 diabetes more likely to also have sleep apnea.