THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SLEEP BREATHING DI STURBANCES AND AUTONOMIC INSUFFICIENCY IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES-MELLITUS

To reveal the connection between sleep breathing disturbances (SBD) an d autonomic insufficiency (AI) 23 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) were examined (7 cases of insulin-dependent DM and 16 cases of nonins ulin-dependent DM). Clinical examination, night polysomnography and au tonomic nervous system assessment were performed. No connection betwee n the existence and severity of AI and SBD was found in patients with DM of both types. Patients with more pronounced obesity had significan tly higher number of SBD. The conclusion was made that SBD were not co nnected with AI in patients with DM, but obesity was an important fact or in their genesis.