Objective:

identify the association between hours of sleep and diabesity in Mexican adults.

Methods:

Cross-sectional and correlational study in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus between 20 and 70 years of age in two primary health care centers in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Results:

The sample consisted of 112 participants, 76.8% were women, the average age was 55.6 years (SD = 8.9), diagnosis time M = 9.7 years (SD = 6.1), the hours of sleep during the week M = 7.9 (SD = 1.4) and weekend sleep times M = 8.1 (SD = 1.5). The 26.1% had diabesity and 22.3% did not sleep the recommended hours. People with diabesity sleep fewer hours.

Conclusions:

the decrease in the number of hours of sleep was associated with diabesity in Mexican adults.