Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The incidence of obesity and other features of the metabolic syndrome is increased in shift workers. This may be due to a misalignment between the internal circadian rhythm and the behavioral rhythm. The stress hormone cortisol could play a role in this phenomenon, because it is secreted in a circadian rhythm, and long-term elevated cortisol levels leads to components of the metabolic syndrome. Our aim was to study changes in long-term cortisol levels due to shif...