Importancia del cuidado de la calidad del sueño en los pacientes con síndrome metabólico

Abstract

The metabolic syndrome (MS) is defined as the conglomeration of various metabolic disorders such as abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. In consonance, these elements increase the risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes mellitus, and other causes of mortality. MS has been recognized as a multifactorial entity; with circadian cycles (CC) among the contributing factors. Implementation of interventions related to sleep hygiene may be an especially powerful tool in this context, in particular for the control of conditions such as obesity, MS, and CVD, which constitute an overwhelming load for public health systems. These ones center on sleep duration and regularity, and the harmonization between sleep time and eating patterns, as well as nutritional contents. Due to the important community impact of cardiometabolic diseases and sleep disorders at present, the objective of this review is to revise the role of the latter and the modifications of the CC in the development of MS, and how the intervention through sleep hygiene measures may aid in the prevention of this process.