Rotating shift work, with night shift work, affects cardiovascular risk factors: a 6-year follow-up study in the insulation industry.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess absolute levels and longitudinal changes in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors over 6 years among rotating shift workers with night shift work and day workers in industry.

Methods

We studied three groups, 32 night shift workers in Plant A with a high night load, 23 in Plant B with a low night load and 25 day workers during a 6-year follow-up (FU). We collected demographics by questionnaire, measured blood pressure, resting heart rate, carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), carotid to femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) and maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O_2max). We analysed blood samples including lipids, glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and C reactive protein (CRP). Mixed models were used to assess changes and differences in changes of these

SUBMITTER: Skogstad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505108 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature