Women who work nights might have lower levels of the 'good' cholesterol than women who work during the day, but this doesn’t seem to happen in men—so night shifts might affect women’s cholesterol differently.

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Association between night shift work and markers of metabolism, cardiovascular and immune system in a population-based German cohort

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DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01596-8

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Working nights might affect your health differently depending on things like your gender, when you naturally feel awake or sleepy, or how much money you make — but this study didn’t check any of those things, so we can’t fully explain why other studies have found different results.

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