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Inflammatory cytokines and sleep parameters response to life style intervention in subjects with obese chronic insomnia syndrome


Fadwah M Al-Sharif
Shehab M Abd El-Kader

Abstract

Background: Chronic primary insomnia is a prevalent sleep disorder that is associated with adverse effects on health out- comes. Sleep disturbance is usually associated with abnormal level of systemic inflammation biomarkers.


Objective: The aim of this study was to detect changes in sleep quality and inflammatory markers following weight loss among subjects with chronic primary insomnia.


Material and Methods: Eighty previously sedentary subjects with chronic primary insomnia subjects enrolled in this study, their age ranged from 32-51 year were randomly assigned to life style intervention group (group A, n=40) or control group (group B, n=40). Polysomnographic recordings for sleep quality assessment, IL-6, IL-10 and TNF-α were measured before and at the end of the study after six months.


Results: There was a significant increase in the total sleep duration, sleep efficiency, sleep onset latency and IL-10 in addi- tion to significant reduction in awake time after sleep onset, REM latency, IL-6 and TNF-α after 6 months of in group(A) as a result of weight loss program; while the results of the control group (group B) were not significant. Also, there were significant differences between both groups at the end of the study.


Conclusion: Life style intervention modulates systemic inflammatory parameters and sleep quality among subjects with chronic primary insomnia.


Keywords: Chronic primary insomnia; inflammatory cytokines; life style intervention; sleep quality.


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eISSN: 1729-0503
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