Trial reportPloS one2018
Night shift work exposure profile and obesity: Baseline results from a Chinese night shift worker cohort.
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- Interplay between circadian rhythms, gut microbiota, and MASLD: from mechanistic foundations to therapeutic opportunities.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Health Problems, Unhealthy Behaviors and Occupational Carcinogens Exposures Among Night Shift Brazilian Workers: Results from National Health Survey, 2019.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Nurse night shift work and risk of gastrointestinal cancers.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
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- Night shift-induced circadian disruption: links to initiation of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and risk of hepatic cancer.Hepatoma research · 2024Article
- An atlas of the human liver diurnal transcriptome and its perturbation by hepatitis C virus infection.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Investigation of obesity and its related factors among Chinese medical staff: a cross-sectional pilot study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Relationship Between Rotating Night Shift Work and Anthropometric Markers of Overall and Central Adiposity.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Association of Shift Work with Normal-Weight Obesity in Community-Dwelling Adults.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2022Article
- Atypical working hours are associated with tobacco, cannabis and alcohol use: longitudinal analyses from the CONSTANCES cohort.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Association between circadian rhythm and sleep quality among nursing interns: A latent profile and moderation analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Obesity and Diet Predict Attitudes towards Health Promotion in Pre-Registered Nurses and Midwives.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Influence of Obesity on Heart Rate Variability in Nurses with Age and Shift Type as Moderators.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Perturbation of the circadian clock and pathogenesis of NAFLD.Metabolism: clinical and experimental · 2020Review
- Association between Occupational Characteristics and Overweight and Obesity among Working Korean Women: The 2010-2015 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Perceptions of the impact of non-standard work schedules on health in Australian graduates: an exploratory study.Industrial health · 2020Article
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19 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
aimsThis study aimed to evaluate the associations between types of night shift work and different indices of obesity using the baseline information from a prospective cohort study of night shift workers in China.
methodsA total of 3,871 workers from five companies were recruited from the baseline survey. A structured self-administered questionnaire was employed to collect the participants' demographic information, lifetime working history, and lifestyle habits. Participants were grouped into rotating, permanent and irregular night shift work groups. Anthropometric parameters were assessed by healthcare professionals. Multiple logistic regression models were used to evaluate the associations between night shift work and different indices of obesity.
resultsNight shift workers had increased risk of overweight and obesity, and odds ratios (ORs) were 1.17 (95% CI, 0.97-1.41) and 1.27 (95% CI, 0.74-2.18), respectively. Abdominal obesity had a significant but marginal association with night shift work (OR = 1.20, 95% CI, 1.01-1.43). A positive gradient between the number of years of night shift work and overweight or abdominal obesity was observed. Permanent night shift work showed the highest odds of being overweight (OR = 3.94, 95% CI, 1.40-11.03) and having increased abdominal obesity (OR = 3.34, 95% CI, 1.19-9.37). Irregular night shift work was also significantly associated with overweight (OR = 1.56, 95% CI, 1.13-2.14), but its association with abdominal obesity was borderline (OR = 1.26, 95% CI, 0.94-1.69). By contrast, the association between rotating night shift work and these parameters was not significant.
conclusionPermanent and irregular night shift work were more likely to be associated with overweight or abdominal obesity than rotating night shift work. These associations need to be verified in prospective cohort studies.
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