Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Shift work has been associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Several studies have demonstrated that shift work has an effect on cardiovascular and metabolic health. Most of these studies have compared different groups of shift workers to nonshift workers. By contrast, the present work aimed to evaluate the cardio-metabolic effects of night shifts on the same group of internists as they changed type of duty. In particular, we focused on bl...