Type: Field / Observational study
Registration: PMCID: PMC9925718
Status: Published
Tags: Cross‑sectional, GERD, GI & microbiome
External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9925718/
Shift work significantly associated with incident reflux esophagitis, especially in younger and female workers.
Evidence here how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules shows sleep, alertness, recovery, and metabolic markers for night‑shift workers and night owls. Overall, the data make the schedule itself visible in physiology, not just in how people feel subjectively. For the audience living on night schedules, the key meaning is that the schedule’s timing choices show up in measurable outcomes.
Endoscopic outcome measure.