Gender-specific association between night-work exposure and type-2 diabetes: results from longitudinal study of adult health, ELSA-Brasil | Zendy

Aline SilvaCosta | Zendy; Lúcia Rotenberg | Zendy; Aline Araújo Nobre | Zendy; María Inês Schmidt | Zendy; Dóra Chor | Zendy; Rosane Härter Griep | Zendy

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Gender-specific association between night-work exposure and type-2 diabetes: results from longitudinal study of adult health, ELSA-Brasil

Author(s) -

Aline SilvaCosta,

Lúcia Rotenberg,

Aline Araújo Nobre,

María Inês Schmidt,

Dóra Chor,

Rosane Härter Griep

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of work environment and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621

H-Index - 103

eISSN - 1795-990X

pISSN - 0355-3140

DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3520

Subject(s) - medicine , demography , confounding , type 2 diabetes , longitudinal study , confidence interval , shift work , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , obesity , gerontology , impaired glucose tolerance , cohort study , logistic regression , endocrinology , psychiatry , pathology , sociology

Diabetes is a multifactorial disease of increasing prevalence. The literature suggests an impact of night work on metabolic components, though the relationship with diabetes is unclear. Our aim was to investigate gender-specific associations between night work and type-2 diabetes (DM2) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) using baseline data of the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).

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