Individual Differences in Diabetes Risk: Role of Slow WaveSleep

Completed

Conditions studied: Sleep, Diabetes

In brief

This study will examine the relationship between the amount of slow wave sleep (deep sleep) and the ability of the body to bring the blood sugar level to a normal range after receiving glucose.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00989378

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

5

Starts

2008-11-01

Expected to finish

2010-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-09-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• healthy volunteers age 18-20 with a BMI < 27kg/m2 in women and < 28 kg/m2 in men with normal findings on clinical examination, routine laboratory tests and EKG
• only subjects who have regular life styles (no shift work, no travel across time zone during the previous 4 weeks)
• habitual bedtimes between 7.0-8.5 hours/night
• do not take medications will be recruited

You may not qualify if…

• women taking hormonal contraceptive therapy and pregnant women will be excluded
• individuals with a history of psychiatric, endocrine, cardiac or sleep disorders will be excluded
• other exclusion criteria will be: tobacco use, habitual alcohol use of more than 1 drink per day, excessive caffeine intake of more than 300 mg per day

Where it is running

• University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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