It has been found by a recent research that those who have difficulty in sleeping at night are at a high risk of developing diabetes. According to a recent study, the chances of a person of developing diabetes are six times higher when he or she does not get proper sleep.

It has further been revealed that the initial symptoms of diabetes begin to appear soon after three days of disrupted sleep. The findings of the study echoes the findings of the previous studies in which it was claimed that employees working in the night shifts are more prone of developing deadly diabetes.

For the study, the researchers recruited 20,000 participants. It has been informed by the researchers that the mutated protein called MT2 triggers the release of hormone insulin when the body doesn’t gets proper rest.

It has further been pointed out that the fault protein MT2 leads to abnormal control of blood sugar which causes type-2 diabetes. While acknowledging the findings of the study, Professor Philippe Froguel from Imperial College London said, "We found very rare variants of the MT2 gene that have a much larger effect than more common variants discovered before. Although each mutation is rare, they are common in the sense that everyone has a lot of very rare mutations in their DNA”.

It is believed that the findings of the study would prove helpful in better diagnosis and effective treatment of diabetes. Further studies over the link of distorted sleep and diabetes have been recommended.

Moreover, people are being urged to take proper sleep and to avoid working at night for their better health and to prevent oneself from getting affected with diabetes. Diabetes is a deadly disease which affects various organs of the body by impairing them.