Good quality sleep lowers risk of asthma regardless of genetic conditions: Study

Having poor quality sleep may bolster genetic susceptibility to asthma risk but a good nights sleep may help slash your risk of developing the chronic lung disease according to a studyIndividuals with asthma usually have comorbid sleep disturbances however whether sleep quality affects asthma risk is still unclearThe study published in the access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research showed that people with poor sleep patterns and higher genetic susceptibility have an additive higher asthma riskPoor quality sleep can potentially double risk of being diagnosed with the conditionSpotting and treating sleep disorders early on might lessen the risks irrespective of genetic predisposition the study showedA healthy sleep pattern reflects a lower risk of asthma in adult populations and could be beneficial to asthma prevention regardless of genetic conditions said Professor Fuzhong Xue from Shandong University ChinaEarly detection and management of sleep disorders could be beneficial to reduce asthma incidence he added in the paperThe study defined a healthy sleep pattern as early chronotype clocking up 79 hours of sleep every night never or rare insomnia no snoring and no frequent daytime sleepinessFor the study the team drew on 455405 UK Biobank participants who were between 38 and 73 years old when enrolled between 2006 and 2010Around one in three participants were classified as high genetic risk 150429 and another third 151970 as intermediate risk The remainder were classified as low riskCompared with those at low genetic risk those with the highest risk were 47 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with asthma while those with a poor sleep pattern were 55 per cent more likelyBut people at high genetic risk who also reported poor sleep patterns were 122 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with asthma than those with both a healthy sleep pattern and a low genetic riskIn other words they were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with asthmaFurther indepth analysis on a smaller group of people indicated that a healthy sleep pattern might reduce the risk of asthma in those at high genetic risk by 37 per centThe association between sleep and asthma may be twoway the researchers suggestIn theory the immune response to inflammation could generate proinflammatory cytokines that result in cellular infiltration and airway inflammation further increasing the risk of asthma they notedHowever the researchers said this is an observational study and as such cant establish the causeAlso Read Unani experts unfold the ancient leech therapy to heal acne and hair fallThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever