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ArticleScientific reports2024

Lifestyle deterioration linked to elevated inflammatory cytokines over a two-month follow-up.

Kai Guo, Xuejiao Zeng, Xiaoming Liu, Panpan He, Zhiwei Zhang, Qianwen Yang, Lei Wang, Lipeng Jing

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Kai Guo *Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
Xuejiao Zeng *Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
Xiaoming LiuDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
Panpan HeDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
Zhiwei ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
Qianwen YangDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China.
Lei WangDepartment of Neurology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China. wlyixue@126.com.
Lipeng JingDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Lanzhou University, No. 222 South Tianshui Road, Lanzhou, 730000, Gansu, China. jinglp@lzu.edu.cn.

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities lzujbky-2023-40Gansu Province Science Foundation for Youths 21JR7RA507National Natural Science Foundation of China 82003525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthy lifestyle reduces the risk of inflammation-related diseases. This study assessed how lifestyle changes affect inflammatory cytokines over 2 months. Involving 179 apparently healthy participants recruited from community, collecting data on lifestyles (smoking, alcohol, BMI, daily activity, sleep, diet) and measured inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-17A, CRP, IL-8, IL-18, IFN-γ) plus pepsinogens (PG I, PG II) at the baseline and 2-month follow-up. The combined adverse lifestyle score is the sum of scores across six lifestyles, with higher scores indicating more adverse lifestyle factors. Use multiple linear regression and mixed linear models to analyze the relationship between the changes in lifestyle and inflammatory cytokines (follow-up values minus baseline values). For every 1-point increase in combined adverse lifestyle score, IL-17A increased by 0.98 (95% CI 0.23, 1.73) pg/mL, IFN-γ increased by 1.79 (95% CI 0.39, 3.18) pg/mL. Decreased changes in daily activity were associated with higher IL-17A (β = 1.83, 95% CI 0.53, 3.13) and IFN-γ (β = 2.59, 95% CI 0.9, 4.98). Excluding daily activity, changes in combined adverse lifestyle scores were not associated with changes in inflammatory cytokines. Lifestyle improvements at 2-month intervals may reduce TNF-α, IL-17A and IFN-γ, with daily activity making the greatest contribution.

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CytokinesInflammationLife StyleAdultAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedCytokinesInflammatory cytokinesLifestyleProspective study

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