Night Shift Work and Erosive Esophagitis: Endoscopy‑Verified Association

Night Shift Work and Erosive Esophagitis: Endoscopy‑Verified Association

Type: Field / Observational study

Registration: PMCID: PMC4927591

Status: Published

Tags: Cross‑sectional, GERD, GI & microbiome

External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4927591/

Summary

Night‑shift workers had higher prevalence of endoscopy‑verified erosive esophagitis; stronger in younger/female subgroups.

Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls

Real‑world data how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules was evident on shift as 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.

Tags

  • Cross‑sectional
  • GERD
  • GI & microbiome

Notes

Hospital health‑check cohort.

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