Diabetes patients who have retinopathy should also be screened for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to Sophie D. West, M.D., the lead researcher in a study conducted at the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine in the United Kingdom.
Earlier research had shown that 23 percent of men with Type 2 Diabetes have OSA that was under-recognized and under-treated. The researchers in the new study analyzed data from 118 men who had participated in the earlier study and found that retinopathy was present in 54 percent of those who had OSA, as compared to only 31 percent of those without OSA.
Although more research is necessary, Dr. West suggests that doctors treating patients with Type 2 Diabetes consider whether the patients could have OSA and whether they should be referred for a sleep study.”
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