Long hours can increase the risk of diabetes in women by 70%

A new study reveals that women working longer hours in the office are at higher risk of developing diabetes. (Source: File Photo)

Women who work 45 hours or more a week may be at an increased risk of diabetes of nearly 70% compared to men or women who work 30 to 40 hours a week. found. Men who work longer, however, have not faced this risk. Although this is an observational study, the researchers noted that the reason may be that women can work longer, when all household chores and family responsibilities are taken into account, the researchers said.

Chronic response to stress in the body, thereby increasing the risk of hormonal abnormalities and insulin resistance. Interestingly, the duration of the workweek was not associated with an increased risk of illness in men. If the incidence of diabetes tended to decrease, the longer a man's work week was, the more results showed results

"Considering the rapid and substantial increase in the prevalence of Diabetes in the world, identify modifiable risk factors. "said the team including Mahee Gilbert-Ouimet of the Research Center of the University Hospital of Quebec – Laval University, Canada [http://wwwainc-inacgcca/ai/mr/nr/m-a2005-fraasp19659006] for the Study, published in the journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, the researchers tracked the health data of 7,065 workers aged between 35 and 74 years old for a period of 12 years.Based on weekly paid work hours and unpaid, participants were grouped into four time bands: 15-34 hours, 35-40 hours, 41-44 hours, and 45 hours or more.

The results showed that overwork in women was associated at 63% higher risk of diabetes in women where the incidence of diabetes in men was found mainly in older people and in the obese. According to global estimates, 439 million adults will be living with diabetes by 2030, an increase of 50% over 2010. Just in 2015, diabetes cost $ 1.31 trillion. dollars to the global economy.

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