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Table 1 Characteristics of included observational studies in the meta-analysis

From: Association between night shift work and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cohort-based meta-analysis

Author

Year

Country

Cohort

No. of participant

Follow-up time (year)

Professions

The type of work shift

Adjust parameters

Study design

Osaki, Y.

2021

Japan

J-ECOH

17,628

13

Workers

Shift work

age, gender, marital status, hypertension, dyslipidemia, family history of diabetes, sedentary work, over time working, job position, alcohol, smoking, sleep duration, physical activity, BMI

Prospective

Silva-Costa, A.

2020

Brazill

ELSA-Brasil

8656

12

Civil servants

Night shifts (≥ 5 consecutive hours of night work [22:00–05:00 h] at least four times per month)

age, education, hours of work, BMI, physical activity

Prospective

Hanprathet, N.

2019

Thailand

NA

5947

7

Workers

Current shift workers (did permanent night shifts only for at least three night shifts per month or; who rotated between two or three shifts with at least three night shifts per month until the baseline year)

age, marital status, family history of diabetes, BMI, hypertension, DBP, FPG, WBC, TG, HDL-C, WC, education

Retrospective

Shan, Z.

2018

United States

Nurses’ Health Study

55,324

24

Nurses

Rotating night shift work

age, calendar year, ethnicity, BMI, marital status, living status, family history of diabetes, menopausal status, oral contraceptive, alcohol, energy intake, smoking, physical activity, AHEI

Prospective

Shan, Z.

2018

United States

Nurses’ Health Study II

88,086

22

Nurses

Rotating night shift work

age, marital status, calendar year, BMI, ethnicity, living status, family history of diabetes, menopausal status, oral contraceptive, alcohol, energy intake, smoking, physical activity, AHEI

Prospective

Bannai, A.

2016

Japan

NA

3195

6

Civil servants

Shift work

age, marital status, FPG, family history of diabetes, education, job position

Prospective

Hansen, Anne B.

2016

Denmark

The Danish Nurse Cohort

19,492

19

Nurses

Night shifts

age, smoking, physical activity, alcohol, fatty meat intake, marital status, job position, acute myocardial infarction, hypertension, fruit and vegetables intake, BMI

Prospective

Vimalananda, V. G.

2015

USA

BWHS

28,041

8

NA

Night shift work

age, questionnaire cycle, BMI, family history of diabetes, education, neighborhood socioeconomic status, vigorous activity levels, smoking, alcohol, energy intake, diet, coffee, decaffeinated coffee, soda, diet soda

Prospective

Poulsen, K.

2014

Denmark

NA

7305

7

Health care workers

Evening/night shift work

health, work, lifestyle

Prospective

Kawakami, N.

1999

Japan

NA

2194

8

Industrial workers

Rotating shift workers engaged in two or three shift work schedules including night shift, with a weekly clockwise rotation

age, BMI, education, alcohol, smoking, physical activity, family history of diabetes

Prospective

  1. J-ECOH: Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study; BWHS: Black Women’s Health Study; No.: number; NA: not available; BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; WBC: white blood cell; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; WC: waist circumference; AHEI: Alternate Healthy Eating Index score; FPG: fasting plasma glucose