Evaluating the impact of shift work on the risk of cardiometabolic disease: A Mendelian randomization study.

Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis

Department of Cardiology, Fujian Provincial Hospital, Fuzhou University Affiliated Provincial Hospital, Shengli Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350001, Fujian, PR China. Electronic address:

Published: December 2024

Background And Aims: Evidence is increasingly suggesting that shift work is a risk factor for cardiometabolic disease. However, the causal relationship between shift work and cardiometabolic disease is not yet fully understood. In this study, we employed two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) to investigate the causal relationship between shift work and the risk of cardiometabolic outcomes.

Methods And Results: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) statistics for shift work were obtained from the UK Biobank. Mendelian randomization analyses were conducted to explore the causal effects of shift work on cardiometabolic outcomes, using single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as instrumental variables. The results suggested a causal effect between shift work and body mass index, body fat percentage, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cardiorespiratory fitness. After correcting for multiple tests, only body mass index and high-density lipoprotein showed significant associations. No causal effects were found between shift work and overweight, obesity, total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, fasting glucose, 2-h glucose, fasting insulin, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, or ischemic stroke.

Conclusion: This MR study provides genetic evidence for a suggestive causal link between shift work and certain cardiometabolic outcomes. Our research may have the significance of providing insight into public hygiene to improve the understanding of shift work and cardiometabolic disease risk. Further experimental studies are needed to confirm our findings.

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