Shift work could put people at risk of developing kidney stones, according to researchers who say that these types of occupations should be targeted for lifestyle interventions.

The risk of kidney stones was particularly great for those who worked nights, report by Man He, from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, and colleagues in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings .

It was also greater for younger people and lower with longer durations of shift work, possibly because adjusting and adapting to shift work results in healthier lifestyles that mitigate risk.

Doing only marginal amounts of manual work were also at increased risk, and the researchers suggest that people who are very active may compensate for this with increased fluid intake compared with those are mostly sedentary.

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