Type: Systematic review
Registration: PMCID: PMC8729165
Status: Published
Tags: Cardiometabolic, General population, Meta‑analysis, Mortality & longevity
External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8729165/
Evidence suggests small increases in stroke mortality with shift work; heterogeneity and exposure assessment vary across studies.
This systematic review and meta‑analysis how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules shows mortality 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.
Summarizes cohort data.