Nightshift work job exposure matrices and urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels among healthy Chinese women
OBJECTIVE: Six-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) is a primary urinary metabolite of melatonin. We examined the association between aMT6s levels and shift work estimated by a job exposure matrix (JEM) among healthy participants of the Shanghai Women's Health Study. METHODS: Creatinine-adjusted aMT6s le...
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Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH),
2012-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | OBJECTIVE: Six-sulfatoxymelatonin (aMT6s) is a primary urinary metabolite of melatonin. We examined the association between aMT6s levels and shift work estimated by a job exposure matrix (JEM) among healthy participants of the Shanghai Women's Health Study. METHODS: Creatinine-adjusted aMT6s levels were measured in the urine samples of 300 women and related to JEM shift work categories. RESULTS: Adjusted geometric means of aMT6s levels from urine samples collected before 08:00 hours were lower among persons holding nighttime shift work jobs. The adjusted aMT6s levels (ng/mg creatinine) were 8.36 [95% confidence intervals (95% CI) 4.47-15.6], 6.37 (95% CI 3.53-11.5), 6.20 (95% CI 3.33-11.5), 3.81 (95% CI 2.02-7.19), and 3.70 (95% CI 1.92-7.11) from the lowest (never held a shift work job) to the highest (current job likely involved all-night shift work) shift work JEM scores (P=0.05). CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that nightshift work JEM scores were significantly and inversely associated with aMT6s levels in early morning spot urine samples collected between 07:00-08:00 hours. |
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| Item Description: | 0355-3140 1795-990X 10.5271/sjweh.3322 |