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ey0020.8-8 | New Paradigms | ESPEYB20

8.8. Type 1 diabetes as a prototypical condition challenging what we know about sleep

AM Gregory , MK Rutter , J Ware , JJ Madrid-Valero , R Hovorka , DJ Buysse

Brief summary: This ‘Letter to the Editor’ provides a critical review on how behavioural and physiological aspects of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its management can interfere with standard principles of good quality and duration of sleep.Quality of sleep is important for general human functioning, cognitive performance, emotional well-being, as well as immune function and cardiovascular health (1). The benefits of optimal sleep apply to everyone ...

ey0016.1-1 | (1) | ESPEYB16

1.1. Genome-wide association analyses of chronotype in 697, 828 individuals provides insights into circadian rhythms

SE Jones , JM Lane , AR Wood , VT van Hees , J Tyrrell , RN Beaumont , AR Jeffries , HS Dashti , M Hillsdon , KS Ruth , MA Tuke , H Yaghootkar , SA Sharp , Y Jie , WD Thompson , JW Harrison , A Dawes , EM Byrne , H Tiemeier , KV Allebrandt , J Bowden , DW Ray , RM Freathy , A Murray , DR Mazzotti , PR Gehrman , DA Lawlor , TM Frayling , MK Rutter , DA Hinds , R Saxena , MN Weedon

To read the full abstract: Nat Commun 2019;10:343This paper reports many loci associated with chronotype (i.e. being a ‘morning person’ or ‘evening person’) in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 697, 828 participants from the UK Biobank and 23andMe cohorts. The link between chronotype and sleep timing and quality is well known. It was therefore interestin...