Night shift work is associated with an increased risk of asthma

Journal article

A growing body of evidence has placed an increasing emphasis on how sleep affects health. Not only does insufficient sleep make one subjectively feel worse, but is associated with chronic diseases that are considered epidemics in industrialized nations. This is partly caused by the growing need for prolonged work and social schedules, exemplified by shift work, late-night weekends, and early morning work/school start times (social jetlag). Here, we consider fundamental relationships between the circadian clock and biologic processes and discuss how common practices, such as shift work and social jetlag, contribute to sleep disruption, circadian misalignment, and adverse health outcomes.K01 HL146992/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/R56 HL156948/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/U19 OH010154/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/R35 HL155681/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/2023-06-01T00:00:00Z35659023PMC917291211624vault:4282

Authors: Maidstone, RJ; Turner, J; Vetter, C; Dashti, HS; Saxena, R

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Journal: Thorax
• Volume: 76
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 53-60
• Publication date: 2020-11-16
• Acceptance date: 2020-08-11
• DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-215218
• EISSN: 1468-3296
• ISSN: 0040-6376
• Language: English
• Keywords: Socioeconomic status; Medicine; Pediatrics; Circadian rhythm; Chronotype; Body mass index; Confounding; Population; Shift work; Internal medicine; Demography; Odds ratio; Wheeze; Psychiatry; Asthma; Environmental health