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Lindsay M Stager1, Casie H Morgan1, Caroline S Watson1
1Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1300 University Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Children (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 23, 2023
概括
COVID-19大流行对睡眠模式产生了负面影响,并增加了超重或肥胖 (OWOB) 青少年的C反应性蛋白 (CRP) 水平. 这些变化比预期的更为明显,突出了这个脆弱群体的健康风险.
科学领域:
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 炎症研究 炎症研究
背景情况:
- 青少年,特别是那些超重或肥胖 (OWOB) 的青少年,是健康不良结果的高风险群体.
- COVID-19 流行病与身体健康的负面影响有关,包括睡眠障碍和C反应性蛋白 (CRP) 水平升高.
- 这项研究专门研究了COVID-19大流行之前和期间OWOB青少年睡眠和CRP之间的关系.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19大流行对OWOB青少年睡眠模式和CRP水平的影响.
- 为了比较大流行期间的睡眠和CRP水平与大流行前的数据.
- 在大流行期间检查睡眠参数和CRP水平之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及14名患有OWOB的青少年的纵向研究,在大流行前 (两次访问) 和COVID-19大流行期间进行了实验室访问.
- 测量包括睡眠参数 (效率,觉醒时间,睡觉时间,发病延迟) 和C反应性蛋白 (CRP) 水平.
- 将CRP水平与年龄,性别,种族和BMI百分位相匹配的规范数据进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 在COVID-19期间,青少年的睡眠效率下降,醒来时间晚,睡觉时间长,与大流行前时期相比,睡眠开始延迟时间增加.
- 在COVID-19期间升高的CRP水平与晚起时间和更长时间躺在床上正相关.
- 在COVID-19期间,CRP水平明显高于规范预期水平,与预期变化相比,观察到的增加更大.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,OWOB.的青少年的睡眠质量明显受损,炎症标志物 (CRP) 增加.
- 这些发现强调了大流行对这一处于风险的青少年群体的重大健康后果.
- 在大流行期间观察到的CRP水平增加 (~5 mg/L) 超过了规范期望,表明炎症状况加剧.
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