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Association between Social Jetlag and glycemic control in diabetic patients at King Saud University Medical City

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Introduction Social Jetlag has been linked to many cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, as it disturbs the circadian rhythm. Methodology case-control matched by age and gender conducted among 511 subjects. Control… Click to show full abstract

Introduction Social Jetlag has been linked to many cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, as it disturbs the circadian rhythm. Methodology case-control matched by age and gender conducted among 511 subjects. Control group: Diabetic with HbA1c Results Social Jetlag status was similar among both cases and control participants which indicate that there was no significant association between Social Jetlag and HbA1c (P-value = 0.394). The prevalence of Social Jetlag in the studied population is 58.4%. Conclusion We suggest future studies to have a more precise estimation of sleep duration and Social Jetlag and focusing on Social Jetlag and its related problems.

Keywords: jetlag; control; social jetlag; jetlag glycemic; association social

Journal Title: Journal of The Saudi Heart Association
Year Published: 2018

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