Insomnia may be a risk factor linked to developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a new study.

'Mendelian Randomisation' (MR) technique uses genetic variation as a natural experiment to examine the causal relationships between potentially modifiable risk factors and health consequences in observational data.
To identify possible risk factors for type 2 diabetes, the scholars conducted a review of meta-analyses and review articles in the PubMed database and found 1,360 relevant articles.
They found insomnia as a novel risk factor, with people with insomnia being 17 percent more likely to develop T2D than those without.
Source-Medindia