Inflammatory diet is not associated with sleep quality of young adult university students from a city in Northeast Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.37527/2022.72.4.003

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Inflammatory DietEliminar Inflammatory Diet, Sleep Quality, University, Nutritional Status

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Introduction: University students in the health area have a routine that exacerbates inadequacies in lifestyle and sleep, which contribute to a state of chronic low-grade inflammation. Objective: to evaluate whether there is an association between the consumption of pro-inflammatory diet and the sleep quality of university students. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study, with a convenience sample that included 102 university students, aged 18 or over, recruited between March 2019 and March 2020, enrolled in Nutrition courses at public and private universities in the Fortaleza city. Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), validated in Brazil (PSQI-BR). Food consumption was investigated using a food frequency questionnaire, and the Empirical Dietary Inflammation Pattern (EDIP-SP), validated by Brazil. The EDIP-SP quantifies the intake of processed meats, vegetables, fruits, rice and beans. The presence of inflammation was also determined through the markers C-reactive protein and Neutrophil/ Lymphocyte Ratio. Results: The food consumed is, on average, anti-inflammatory (-1.57 ± 0.69). Only 1.96% of those evaluated had good sleep quality; 75.49% had a sleep disorder. There was no association between EDIPSP and the inflammatory markers investigated, nor with sleep quality. Discussion: Most students had poor sleep quality and anti-inflammatory diet. This homogeneity may have determined the absence of association and correlations. Conclusions: The evaluated university students have poor sleep quality, but eat an antiinflammatory diet, with no association between these two variables.

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2023-02-02

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Alves de Araújo, N., Alves de Carvalho Sampaio, H., Ferreira Carioca, A. A., Silva Barros, A. Q., Cardoso Neto, C., Fernandes Leal, A. L., & da Costa Silva, B. Y. (2023). Inflammatory diet is not associated with sleep quality of young adult university students from a city in Northeast Brazil. Archivos Latinoamericanos De Nutrición (ALAN), 72(4), 253–263. https://doi.org/10.37527/2022.72.4.003

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