A study says that night workers are more at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, one of the lighter cardiovascular diseases. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition that affects the way the body processes blood sugar or glucose.
The study found that workers who had unusual or regular working hours at night had 44 percent greater incidence of developing type 2 diabetes compared to daytime workers, except for permanent night workers.
"We see a dose-response relationship between nighttime frequency and type 2 diabetes where they are more likely to develop the disease, regardless of their genetic predisposition," says Ceiine Vetter, professor at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
The study, published in the journal Diabetes Care, examines more than 270,000 people, including 70,000 of whom provide life-long information in depth and a subgroup of more than 44,000 people with genetic data.
More than 6,000 people in the sample had type 2 diabetes. Using more than 100 genetic variants associated with type 2 diabetes, the researchers used a genetic risk score to rate each participant.
Result, those with the highest genetic risk rates were nearly four times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than individuals with lower numbers.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of diabetes has doubled since 1987 from 4.7 percent to 8.5 percent in the adult population. Most of them have type 2 diabetes.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of diabetes has doubled since 1987 from 4.7 percent to 8.5 percent in the adult population. Most of them have type 2 diabetes.
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