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Night shifts and type 2 diabetes risk
Longer rotating night-shift work associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk in two large female nurse cohorts.
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NHS I cases?
6,165.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
NHS II cases?
3,961.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
≥20 y HR NHS I?
1.64.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
≥20 y HR NHS II?
2.50.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
Shift definition?
≥3 nights/month plus days/evenings.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
Baseline ages?
53.9 and 34.3 years.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
Pattern?
Risk rose with more years of rotating nights.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
Design?
Two prospective nurse cohorts.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
Limit?
Self-report; residual confounding.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified
Takeaway?
Chronic rotating nights track higher diabetes risk.
Source: Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women · DOI · quote verified