Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study

Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study

[Background] Some health behaviours are liable to affect the incidence of allergies and/or common infections in young people; however, the extent and ways in which these might occur are mostly unknown. This study examines the association of health behaviours related to physical activity, sedentariness, diet and sleep with allergy and infection symptoms in adolescents, and also with biological markers that might mediate disease incidence.

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Main Authors: Nova, Esther, Martínez Gómez, D., Gómez Martínez, Sonia, Veses, Ana M., Calle, M. Elisa, Veiga, Óscar, Marcos, Ascensión
Other Authors: European Commission
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2014-01-09
Subjects:Allergy, Healthy habits, Infection, Overweight, Obesity, Sleep, IgE, Leptin,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/89434
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
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spelling dig-ictan-es-10261-894342021-12-27T16:33:29Z Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study Nova, Esther Martínez Gómez, D. Gómez Martínez, Sonia Veses, Ana M. Calle, M. Elisa Veiga, Óscar Marcos, Ascensión European Commission Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España) CSIC - Unidad de Recursos de Información Científica para la Investigación (URICI) Allergy Healthy habits Infection Overweight Obesity Sleep IgE Leptin [Background] Some health behaviours are liable to affect the incidence of allergies and/or common infections in young people; however, the extent and ways in which these might occur are mostly unknown. This study examines the association of health behaviours related to physical activity, sedentariness, diet and sleep with allergy and infection symptoms in adolescents, and also with biological markers that might mediate disease incidence. [Methods] The study comprised a total of 2054 adolescents (50.7% girls) from the Madrid region of Spain. The incidence of infection and allergy symptoms three months prior to the study was obtained from a self-administered questionnaire. Physical and sedentary activities, height and weight, food habits and sleep duration were also self-reported and their influence on infection and allergy incidence was assessed by logistic regression analysis. Blood biomarkers (IgE, eosinophil percentage, leptin, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-5 and IL-10) were evaluated in a subsample of 198 subjects. [Results] Adequate sleep duration (OR = 0.79, 95%CI: 0.64 to 0.97) and unhealthy weight status (overweight/obesity) (OR = 1.35, 95%CI: 1.04-1.74) were independently associated with decreased and increased allergy incidence, respectively. No significant association was observed with infection incidence. IgE and leptin differed between adolescents with and without allergy symptoms. In regression models IgE was significantly associated with inadequate sleep duration and leptin with weight status. [Conclusion] Excess weight and inadequate sleep duration are independently associated with the incidence of allergy symptoms in adolescents. Adequate sleep duration and weight during adolescence might be relevant for a decreased risk of suffering allergy symptoms. The study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (DEP2006-56184-C03-02/PREV) and EU funding (FEDER). DM-G received a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (AP2006-02464). The Unit of Information Resources for Research’s Library (CSIC) provided financial support for the editorial charges of this article. Peer Reviewed 2014-01-14T20:20:13Z 2014-01-14T20:20:13Z 2014-01-09 2014-01-14T20:20:13Z artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 BMC Public Health 14(1): 19 (2014) 1471-2458 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/89434 10.1186/1471-2458-14-19 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 24405509 en Publisher’s version http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-19 Sí open BioMed Central
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topic Allergy
Healthy habits
Infection
Overweight
Obesity
Sleep
IgE
Leptin
Allergy
Healthy habits
Infection
Overweight
Obesity
Sleep
IgE
Leptin
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Healthy habits
Infection
Overweight
Obesity
Sleep
IgE
Leptin
Allergy
Healthy habits
Infection
Overweight
Obesity
Sleep
IgE
Leptin
Nova, Esther
Martínez Gómez, D.
Gómez Martínez, Sonia
Veses, Ana M.
Calle, M. Elisa
Veiga, Óscar
Marcos, Ascensión
Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study
description [Background] Some health behaviours are liable to affect the incidence of allergies and/or common infections in young people; however, the extent and ways in which these might occur are mostly unknown. This study examines the association of health behaviours related to physical activity, sedentariness, diet and sleep with allergy and infection symptoms in adolescents, and also with biological markers that might mediate disease incidence.
author2 European Commission
author_facet European Commission
Nova, Esther
Martínez Gómez, D.
Gómez Martínez, Sonia
Veses, Ana M.
Calle, M. Elisa
Veiga, Óscar
Marcos, Ascensión
format artículo
topic_facet Allergy
Healthy habits
Infection
Overweight
Obesity
Sleep
IgE
Leptin
author Nova, Esther
Martínez Gómez, D.
Gómez Martínez, Sonia
Veses, Ana M.
Calle, M. Elisa
Veiga, Óscar
Marcos, Ascensión
author_sort Nova, Esther
title Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study
title_short Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study
title_full Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the AFINOS cross-sectional study
title_sort influence of health behaviours on the incidence of infection and allergy in adolescents: the afinos cross-sectional study
publisher BioMed Central
publishDate 2014-01-09
url http://hdl.handle.net/10261/89434
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