Post-Pandemic Metabolic Ageing in Urban Working Populations
Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Endocrinology, Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Corresponding Author: Mukherjee R, Doctus Journal of Clinical Medicine.
Abstract
Sustained changes in commuting, sedentary time and meal patterning following the pandemic period may have altered metabolic trajectories in urban working adults. We compared cardiometabolic profiles of 1,104 office employees assessed in 2019 with 1,061 comparable employees assessed in 2025 at the same workplaces. Adjusted for age and sex, the later cohort showed higher waist circumference, higher triglycerides and lower high-density lipoprotein, with the prevalence of metabolic syndrome rising from 21.4% to 29.8%. Fasting glucose differences were smaller and not statistically significant. The pattern is consistent with reduced incidental physical activity rather than with a change in glycaemic handling, and points to workplace activity redesign as the primary lever.
Keywords
Metabolic Syndrome; Sedentary Behaviour; Urban Health; Cardiometabolic Risk; Occupational Health; Cohort Comparison
How to Cite
Mukherjee R, Chatterjee S and Sengupta A. “Post-Pandemic Metabolic Ageing in Urban Working Populations”. Doctus Journal of Clinical Medicine 3.6 (2026): 96-110.
Copyright and Licence
© 2026 Mukherjee R. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.