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Research on the correlation between shift work and insulin resistance in women outside hospital nursing settings remains scarce. Therefore, this study investigated the relationship between shift work and insulin resistance in working-age women, using the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index as a surrogate marker. Data from 3,780 female participants aged 19\u201364 years were collected from the 2019\u20132021 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Participants were classified as day or shift workers, and insulin resistance was categorized as high or low based on the TyG index. The association between work schedule and insulin resistance was evaluated after adjusting for potential confounders. Shift workers had 1.30 times higher odds of elevated insulin resistance than day workers. 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