Int Arch Occup Environ Health
July 2003
Objectives: The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between important metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes in shift workers and day workers.
Methods: Cross-sectional data from a sub-population in the WOLF study consisting of 665 day workers and 659 three-shift workers in two plants were analysed.
Results: A higher proportion of shift workers than day workers had high triglyceride levels (> or =1.