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  • Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 2016, Vol 6(3): e120
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000e120

Sleep Disorders and Cardio-Renal Disease: Implications for Minority Populations

Judith Giunta, Moro O. Salifu and Samy I. McFarlane*
Divisions of Endocrinology and Nephrology, Department of Medicine, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, , USA
*Corresponding Author : Samy I. McFarlane, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Tel: 7182703711, Email: Samy.McFarlane@downstate.edu

Received Date: Jun 03, 2016 / Accepted Date: Jun 07, 2016 / Published Date: Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

Obesity is a major public health problem that is reaching pandemic proportion. Currently two thirds of the American population is either overweight or obese and worldwide, 39% of the population is overweight and 13% are considered obese [1,2]. This rapid rise in obesity is associated with increased in diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), hypertension (HTN), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), the major killer of adults in the USA. Parallel to this epidemic is the rapid rise of sleep disorders such as Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). These disorders lead to increased morbidity and mortality and generally go undiagnosed and undertreated, particularly among minority groups. Accumulating evidence indicates common pathophysiologic background underlying all of these related disorders. Among these include: increased inflammation, increased oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, dyslipidemia and hypercoagulability. We discuss the rising epidemic of sleep disorders and its interrelationship with DM2, HTN, CVD and renal disease highlighting the racial disparity in diagnosis and treatment of these disorders that disproportionately affects minority populations. We also discuss the various treatment modalities and the cutting edge developments in this field.

Keywords: Sleep disorders, Cardio-renal disease, Populations

Citation: Giunta J, Salifu MO, McFarlane SI (2016) Sleep Disorders and Cardio-Renal Disease: Implications for Minority Populations. Epidemiology (Sunnyvale) 6:e120 Doi: 10.4172/2161-1165.1000e120

Copyright: © 2016 McFarlane SI, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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