Folks who work a night shift are at greater risk for kidney stones, new research shows.
Shift workers have a 15% to 22% higher risk of kidney stones, particularly if they're younger or work a desk job, researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
The risk was highest, 22%, among people who work a night shift, the study found.
"The findings not only suggest that shift work should be considered as a risk factor for kidney stone events, but also emphasize the need for promoting healthy lifestyles aimed at preventing kidney stone events among shift workers," concluded the team led by senior researcher Yin Yang, an epidemiologist at Sun Yat-sen University in China.
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