1. Associations between immune biomarkers and symptoms of anxiety, depression, and insomnia in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: A preliminary longitudinal analysis.
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Ballesio A, Santamaria T, Furio S, Parisi P, Polese D, Micheli F, Baccini F, Di Nardo G, and Lombardo C
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- Humans, Child, Depression complications, Depression psychology, Biomarkers, Anxiety complications, Anxiety psychology, C-Reactive Protein metabolism, Albumins, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders complications, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases complications, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases diagnosis
- Abstract
Innate immunity may influence the onset of affective symptoms and alter sleep patterns in chronic inflammatory conditions. Here, we tested the prospective associations between baseline serum C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, and CRP/albumin ratio (CAR, i.e., an emerging biomarker of disease activity), and self-reported symptoms of anxiety, depression, and insomnia at 1-year follow up in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (n = 17). After controlling for baseline values, CAR (ρ = 0.591, p = 0.026) predicted anxiety symptoms, while albumin predicted both anxiety (ρ = -0.687, p = 0.007) and insomnia symptoms (ρ = -0.648, p = 0.012). Current findings preliminarily suggest that inflammation may influence anxiety and sleep disturbance in paediatric IBD., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest Authors have no conflict of interest to disclose, (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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