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  • Titel: Night shift work and cardiovascular diseases among employees in Germany: five-year follow-up of the Gutenberg Health Study
  • Beteiligte: Jankowiak, Sylvia; Rossnagel, Karin; Bauer, Juliane; Schulz, Andreas; Liebers, Falk; Latza, Ute; Romero Starke, Karla; Seidler, Andreas; Nübling, Matthias; Riechmann-Wolf, Merle; Letzel, Stephan; Wild, Philipp; Arnold, Natalie; Beutel, Manfred; Pfeiffer, Norbert; Lackner, Karl; Münzel, Thomas; Schulze, Alicia; Hegewald, Janice
  • Erschienen: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2024
  • Erschienen in: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.4139
  • ISSN: 0355-3140; 1795-990X
  • Schlagwörter: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p>OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine if there is an increased risk of incident cardiovascular diseases (CVD) resulting from cumulative night shift work in the German population-based Gutenberg Health Study (GHS).</jats:p> <jats:p>METHODS: We examined working participants of the GHS at baseline and after five years. Cumulative night shift work in the 10 years before baseline was assessed and categorized as low (1–220 nights ≙ up to 1 year), middle (221–660 nights ≙ 1–3 years), and high (&gt;660 nights ≙ more than 3 years) night shift exposure. Hazard ratios (HR) were estimated for incident “quality-assured CVD events” using Cox proportional hazard models.</jats:p> <jats:p>RESULTS: At baseline, 1092 of 8167 working participants performed night shift work. During the follow-up, 202 incident cardiovascular events occurred. The crude incidence rates for CVD per 1000 person-years were 6.88 [95% confidence interval (CI) 4.80–9.55] for night shift workers and 5.19 (95% CI 4.44–6.04) for day workers. Cumulative incidence curves showed a higher cumulative incidence in workers exposed to night shift work compared to day workers after five years. The adjusted HR for incident CVD events were 1.26 (95% CI 0.68–2.33), 1.37 (95% CI 0.74–2.53) and 1.19 (95% CI 0.67–2.12) for employees in the low, middle and high night shift categories compared to employees without night shift work, respectively.</jats:p> <jats:p>CONCLUSIONS: The observed tendencies indicate that night shift work might be negatively associated with cardiovascular health. We expect the continued follow-up will clarify the long-term impact of night shift work.</jats:p>
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