title: Independent associations of exposure to evening light and nocturnal urinary melatonin excretion with diabetes in the elderly.
abstract: Circadian misalignment between internal and environmental rhythms dysregulates glucose homeostasis because of disruption of the biological clock, and increases risk of diabetes. Although exposure to evening light and decreased melatonin secretion are both associated with the circadian misalignment, it remains unclear whether they are associated with diabetes. In this cross-sectional study on 513 elderly individuals (mean age, 72.7 years), we measured ambulatory light intensity during the 4 h prior to bedtime at 1-min intervals during two consecutive days and overnight urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin excretion (UME) along with glucose metabolism. The median average intensity of evening light exposure and UME were 25.4 lux (interquartile range 17.5-37.6) and 6.6 μg (interquartile range 3.9-9.7), respectively. Both log-transformed average intensity of evening light exposure and log-transformed UME were significantly associated with diabetes in a multivariate logistic regression model adjusted for covariates, including gender, body mass index, duration in bed, and night-time light exposure [adjusted odds ratio (OR), 1.72; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.12-2.64; p = 0.01; and adjusted OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.44-0.97; p = 0.04; respectively]. An increase in evening light exposure from 17.5 to 37.6 lux (25-75th percentiles) was associated with a 51.2% (95% CI, 8.2-111.4%) increase in prevalent diabetes, and an increase in UME from 3.9 to 9.7 μg (25-75th percentiles) was associated with a 32.0% (95% CI, 1.9-52.8%) decrease in prevalent diabetes. In conclusion, this study in elderly individuals demonstrated that evening light exposure in home settings and UME were significantly and independently associated with diabetes.
authors: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine , Nara , Japan .
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Obayashi
authors: Keigo
authors: K
authors: Saeki
authors: Junko
authors: J
authors: Iwamoto
authors: Yoshito
authors: Y
authors: Ikada
authors: Norio
authors: N
authors: Kurumatani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000187:drug effects*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D008550:Melatonin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000652:urine*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C054513:6-sulfatoxymelatonin; D008550:Melatonin