Vallejo-Giraldo Vanessa, Sanchez-Medina Laura, Vasquez-Trespalacios Elsa María
Universidad CES, Epidemiologia, Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
Rev Bras Med Trab. 2023 Nov 24;21(3):e20221005. doi: 10.47626/1679-4435-2022-1005. eCollection 2023 Jul-Sep.
Shift work has been hypothesized as a potential risk factor for overweight/obesity or other metabolic changes. We examined the relationship between work shift and body mass index, waist-hip ratio, lipid profile, and glucose concentration in workers from a food manufacturing factory in Colombia.
To investigate the association between shift work and changes in physiological variables in food manufacturing industry workers in Medellín, Colombia.
This cross-sectional study was conducted with 763 employees from a food manufacturing factory. Information was collected from the medical records from the occupational health provider institution in charge of workers' periodic follow-up.
The study sample consisted of 637 (83.5%) men and 126 (16.5%) women. Mean age was 43.35 ± 9.8 years, and mean body mass index was 25.49 ± 3.23 kg/m. After adjusting for potential confounders, logistic multivariate regression revealed a statistically significant association between shift work and higher body mass index and higher total cholesterol levels compared with dayshift (p < 0.05). Finally, the analysis of waist-hip ratio for each shift scheme and sex showed that this ratio was higher for rotating shift workers, with a significant difference for women.
Significant associations were observed between shift work and overweight/obesity and hypercholesterolemia. However, these findings should be confirmed by longitudinal studies.
轮班工作被认为是超重/肥胖或其他代谢变化的潜在风险因素。我们研究了哥伦比亚一家食品制造厂工人的轮班工作与体重指数、腰臀比、血脂谱和血糖浓度之间的关系。
调查哥伦比亚麦德林食品制造业工人的轮班工作与生理变量变化之间的关联。
对一家食品制造厂的763名员工进行了这项横断面研究。信息从负责工人定期随访的职业健康服务机构的医疗记录中收集。
研究样本包括637名（83.5%）男性和126名（16.5%）女性。平均年龄为43.35±9.8岁，平均体重指数为25.49±3.23kg/m²。在对潜在混杂因素进行调整后，逻辑多元回归显示，与日班相比，轮班工作与更高的体重指数和更高的总胆固醇水平之间存在统计学上的显著关联（p<0.05）。最后，对每种轮班方案和性别的腰臀比分析表明，轮班工人的这一比例更高，女性之间存在显著差异。
观察到轮班工作与超重/肥胖和高胆固醇血症之间存在显著关联。然而，这些发现应通过纵向研究加以证实。
