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Sima Hashemipour1, Zohreh Yazdi1, Azam Ghorbani1
1Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Background:
Regarding insufficient data about interaction of job in association of sleep quality with metabolic syndrome (MS), this study has been designed to evaluate this association in workers and employees.
Methods:
This cross-sectional study was conducted on 448 municipal staff (employee group: N = 295; worker group: N = 153) referring for periodic examinations. The relationship between sleep quality and MS and their relevant components was investigated in both groups.
Results:
In the worker group, poor sleep quality was independently associated with the risk of MS by 3.04 times (P < 0.01). Among the components of metabolic syndrome, hypertriglyceridemia was associated with a greater number of sleep disorder components. There was no association between metabolic syndrome and sleep quality in the employee group.
Conclusion:
Poor sleep quality exerts different effects on metabolic complications in employees and workers.
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