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A healthy lifestyle — reducing T2DM risk in shift workers?

Nature Reviews Endocrinology volume 15, pages 194–196 (2019)Cite this article

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A recent study shows that a history of rotating night-shift work and an unhealthy lifestyle are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), both independently and synergistically. This is the first large-scale, prospective study to quantify how a healthy lifestyle might partially offset T2DM risk in shift workers.

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Fig. 1: Relationships between shift work, unhealthy lifestyle factors and T2DM.

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  1. Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

    Céline Vetter

  2. Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Frank A. J. L. Scheer

  3. Medical Chronobiology Program, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Frank A. J. L. Scheer

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C.V. is a Nurses’ Health Studies investigator. F.A.J.L.S. has received speaker fees from Bayer HealthCare, Kellogg Company, Pfizer, Philips, Sentara Healthcare and Vanda Pharmaceuticals. F.A.J.L.S. and C.V. were supported in part by NIH grant R01DK105072; F.A.J.L.S. was also in part supported by NIH grants R01HL118601, R01DK099512, R01DK102696 and R01HL140574.

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Vetter, C., Scheer, F.A.J.L. A healthy lifestyle — reducing T2DM risk in shift workers?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 15, 194–196 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-019-0164-z

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