Chronotype, Unhealthy Lifestyle, and Diabetes Risk in Middle-Aged U.S. Women : A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evening chronotype may promote adherence to an unhealthy lifestyle and increase type 2 diabetes risk.

Objective

To evaluate the role of modifiable lifestyle behaviors in the association between chronotype and diabetes risk.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Nurses' Health Study II.

Participants

63 676 nurses aged 45 to 62 years with no history of cancer, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes in 2009 were prospectively followed until 2017.

Measurements

Self-reported chronotype using a validated question from the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire. The lifestyle behaviors that were measured were diet quality, physical activity, alcohol intake, body mass index (BMI), smoking, and sleep duration. Incident diabetes cases were self-re

SUBMITTER: Kianersi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11196991 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature