Rotating night-shift work and coronary heart disease among women
Summary
Among ~189k person‑years, more years of rotating nights were associated with higher CHD risk; risk attenuated after quitting night work.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Longitudinal tracking how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules tracked with 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.
Notes
Nurses’ Health Study analysis.