Insomnia as an Independent Behavioral Correlate of Estimated Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Evidence from Three Validated Risk Assessment Scales
José Luis Ribes Valles, Pedro Juan Tárraga López, Ángel Arturo López González, Irene Coll Campayo, Carla Busquets-Cortés, José Ignacio Ramírez-Manent · 2026
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Ribes Valles and colleagues tested in 2026 whether insomnia tracks with estimated type 2 diabetes risk in a very large worker sample. They studied 84,898 Spanish workers aged eighteen to sixty-nine during occupational health checks, scoring insomnia severity and estimating diabetes risk with three validated questionnaires that need no blood tests.
Severe insomnia came with roughly two to two and a half times the odds of a high estimated diabetes risk, on every one of the three scales. The link grew step by step with insomnia severity and held for men and women and across activity levels, after accounting for age, class, smoking, diet, and exercise. Adding the insomnia score improved risk prediction modestly but measurably. The authors propose that brief sleep questions could sharpen early diabetes prevention in clinics and workplaces.
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| CREATOR | José Luis Ribes Valles, Pedro Juan Tárraga López, Ángel Arturo López González, Irene Coll Campayo, Carla Busquets-Cortés, José Ignacio Ramírez-Manent |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |