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Open Access 01-12-2023 | Type 2 Diabetes | Research

Shift work is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and elevated RBP4 level: cross sectional analysis from the OHSPIW cohort study

Authors: Li Wang, Qi Ma, BinBin Fang, YinXia Su, Wanxian Lu, Mengdi Liu, Xue Li, Jiwen Liu, LiJuan He

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2023

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Abstract

Background

Shift work, with its growing prevalence globally, disrupts the body's inherent circadian rhythm. This disruption may escalate the risk of chronic diseasesxacerbate chronic disease risk by dysregulating physiological, behavioral, and psychosocial pathways. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of shift work on type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) level.

Methods

The current study employed a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling technique, examining 1499 oilfield workers from the OHSPIW cohort who participated in occupational health assessments between March 2017 and June 2018.The evaluation involved shift work, sleep quality, T2DM status with questionnaires and plasma RBP4 levels in blood samples. Statistical analysis includes, Chi-square tests, t-tests, multivariate logistic regression analyses, and multivariate linear mixed models.

Results

The prevalence rate of T2DM in shift workers (6.56%) was significantly higher than in day workers (4.21%) (OR = 1.60, 95% CI: 1.01–2.53), with no significant difference found in the family history of diabetes, hypertension, or other chronic heart diseases (P = 0.378). The shift worker (6.89 ± 3.35) also exhibited distinctly higher PSQI scores than day workers (5.99 ± 2.87) (P < 0.001). Adjusting the age, gender, BMI, family income, tobacco smoking, alcohol drinking and PSQI, hailed shift work as a risk factor for T2DM (OR = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.17–3.14). The pairwise comparison revealed significant differences in RBP4 levels across different groups: shift and non-shift workers both with and without T2DM (P < 0.001). The RBP4 level of the shift group without T2DM was higher than the non-shift group without T2DM (P < 0.05). The levels of RBP4 level in shift and non-shift groups with T2DM was higher than those without T2DM (P < 0.05). The multivariate linear mixed model showed that when age, gender, BMI, diabetes, PSQI, family income, smoking and drinking remained unchanged, the RBP4 level of the shift workers increased by an average of 9.51 μg/mL compared with the day workers.

Conclusions

Shift work is associated with an increased risk of T2DM and high levels of RBP4. Follow-up of RBP4 could facilitateearly detection of T2DM among shift workers.
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Metadata
Title
Shift work is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and elevated RBP4 level: cross sectional analysis from the OHSPIW cohort study
Authors
Li Wang
Qi Ma
BinBin Fang
YinXia Su
Wanxian Lu
Mengdi Liu
Xue Li
Jiwen Liu
LiJuan He
Publication date
01-12-2023
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Type 2 Diabetes
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2023
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16091-y

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