Chronodisruption and cardiovascular disease

Authors: GARCIA-RIOS, ANTONIO - Universidad De Cordoba; ORDOVAS, JOSE - Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging At Tufts University

Submitted to: Clinica e Investigacion en Arteriosclerosis
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/28/2021
Publication Date: 2/4/2022
Citation: Garcia-Rios, A., Ordovas, J.M. 2022. Chronodisruption and cardiovascular disease. Clinica e Investigacion en Arteriosclerosis. 34:S32-S37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arteri.2021.12.004.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arteri.2021.12.004

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important challenge for clinicians, researchers and governments to reduce the impact on the global health burden and socioeconomic costs. Moreover, far from diminishing, cardiometabolic risk factors leading to CVD development are on the rise. In order to stop the CVD pandemic, it is not enough to merely attempt to control traditional risk factors. In this regard, chronobiology, the science that studies biological rhythms, has become an important field in research in the last years. Circadian disruption or chronodisruption, defined as a relevant disturbance of the internal temporal order of physiological circadian rhythms significantly increases the risk of CVD. In this article we review some of the evidence that has made chronobiology one of the most emerging scenarios to take into account in routine clinical practice in which a translation of all this evidence should be mandatory.