Melatonin, leptin, and ghrelin levels in nurses working night shifts
Abstract
Aim: The levels of several hormones including melatonin, leptin, and ghrelin are regulated by circadian rhythm. Deregulated hormone levels due to disruption of circadian rhythm may result in medical conditions like metabolic syndrome (MetS). The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the associations among circadian rhythm, melatonin, leptin, ghrelin and metabolic syndrome by determining melatonin levels of healthy nurses who were working on night-shift for at least 3 months and of those on day-shift for at least 3 months.
Methods: Venous bloods following 8-hour fasting of 50 nurses, who were aged at 20-40 age range and whose Body Mass Index (BMI) were >25, were collected. Those working on night-shift were named as night group and the control group of the study was named as day group. From the bloods collected; melatonin, leptin and ghrelin levels were evaluated by ELISA method, insulin was evaluated by immunochemically, whereas fasting blood glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels were evaluated spectrophotometrically.
Results: Melatonin level was significantly lower in the night-shift group compared to the day-shift group (p=0.003). Leptin level was slightly but not significantly lower in the night-shift group (p=0.097). In contrast, ghrelin level and other biochemical parameters including triglyceride, fasting blood sugar (FBS), insulin, insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) and cholesterol were increased in the night-shift group but these increments were not statistically significant.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that night-shift work might exhibit tendency towards MetS by disrupting circadian rhythm.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
Klinik Tıp Bilimleri
Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Sibel Söylemez
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0000-0002-5005-2277
Türkiye
Ayşe Banu Çaycı Sivri
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Ercan Şimşek
Bu kişi benim
Türkiye
Burçak Polat
Türkiye
Bekir Çakır
Türkiye
Yayımlanma Tarihi
27 Ocak 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
14 Temmuz 2018
Kabul Tarihi
23 Ağustos 2018
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1