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Frontiers in Immunology, volume 13

The association between sedentary behavior, exercise, and sleep disturbance: A mediation analysis of inflammatory biomarkers

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2023-01-13
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Impact factor7.3
ISSN16643224
Immunology
Immunology and Allergy
Abstract
Background

Two related lifestyle behaviors associated with sleep disturbance are sedentary behavior and physical exercise participation. We aimed to use a population-based study to disentangle the relationships between sedentary behavior, exercise, and sleep disturbance based on blood-cell-based inflammatory biomarkers.

Methods

A total of 22,599 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were included in the analyses. Sleep disturbance was assessed according to the NHANES questionnaire. Exercise participation ansd sedentary behavior were evaluated by the global physical activity questionnaire. The inflammatory biomarkers in the examination were white blood cell (WBC) count, neutrophil count (NEU), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and systemic immune inflammation index (SII). A complex multistage sampling design and weighted multivariable logistic regression were applied for further analysis. Mediation models were constructed to figure out the mediating role of inflammatory biomarkers.

Results

The weighted prevalence of sleep disturbance was 24.17%. Sedentary behavior and exercise were associated with sleep disturbance after full adjustment [for sedentary behavior, OR (95% CI): 1.261 (1.154, 1.377); for exercise, OR (95% CI): 0.849 (0.757, 0.953)]. In severe sedentary behavior groups, the mitigation effect of exercise on sleep disturbance was observed [OR (95% CI): 0.687 (0.551, 0.857)]. For the mechanism, strong associations were detected between inflammatory biomarkers and sleep disturbance. Mediation analysis showed that WBC, NEU, NLR, and SII mediated the statistical association between sedentary behavior and sleep disturbance with proportions (%) of 2.09, 2.27, 1.76, and 0.82, respectively.

Conclusions

Our data suggested that sedentary behavior was a risk factor for sleep disturbance. Blood-cell-based inflammatory biomarkers were an easily accessible and cost-effective strategy for identifying sleep disturbance and also significantly mediated the association between sedentary behavior and sleep disturbance. Exercise was proved to be effective in severe sedentary behavior groups to improve sleep disturbance symptoms, while the internal mechanism needed further exploration.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1080782
UR - https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1080782
TI - The association between sedentary behavior, exercise, and sleep disturbance: A mediation analysis of inflammatory biomarkers
T2 - Frontiers in Immunology
AU - You, Yanwei
AU - Chen, Yuquan
AU - Fang, Wen
AU - Li, Xingtian
AU - Wang, Rui
AU - Liu, Jianxiu
AU - Ma, Xindong
PY - 2023
DA - 2023/01/13 00:00:00
PB - Frontiers Media S.A.
VL - 13
SN - 1664-3224
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@article{2023_You,
author = {Yanwei You and Yuquan Chen and Wen Fang and Xingtian Li and Rui Wang and Jianxiu Liu and Xindong Ma},
title = {The association between sedentary behavior, exercise, and sleep disturbance: A mediation analysis of inflammatory biomarkers},
journal = {Frontiers in Immunology},
year = {2023},
volume = {13},
publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.},
month = {jan},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1080782},
doi = {10.3389/fimmu.2022.1080782}
}
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