The effect of sleep deprivation and exercise on reaction threshold in peanut-allergic adults: a randomised controlled study
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Peanut allergy causes severe and fatal reactions. Current food allergen labelling fails to address these risks adequately against the burden of restricting food choice for allergic individuals because of limited data on thresholds of reactivity and the influence of everyday factors. OBJECTIVE: We estimated peanut threshold doses for a UK peanut-allergic population and examined the effect of sleep deprivation and exercise. METHOD: In a crossover study, following blinded challenge, peanut-allergic participants underwent three open peanut challenges in random order: with exercise following each dose, with sleep deprivation preceding challenge, and with no intervention. Primary outcome was the threshold dose triggering symptoms (mg protein). Primary analysis estimated the difference between non-intervention challenge and each intervention in log threshold (as % change). Dose distributions were modelled deriving eliciting doses in the peanut-allergic population. RESULTS: Baseline challenges were performed in 126 subjects, 100 were randomized and 81 (mean age 25y) completed at least one further challenge. The mean (SD) threshold was 214 mg (330mg) for non-intervention challenges and this was reduced by 45% (95% confidence interval 21,61 p=0.001) and 45% (22,62 p=0.001) for exercise and sleep deprivation, respectively. Mean (95% confidence interval) estimated eliciting doses for 1% of the population were 1.5mg (0.8,2.5) during non-intervention challenge (n=81), 0.5mg (0.2,0.8) following sleep and 0.3mg (0.1,0.6) following exercise. CONCLUSION: Exercise and sleep deprivation each significantly reduce the threshold of reactivity in people with peanut allergy, putting them at greater risk of a reaction. Adjusting reference doses using these data will improve allergen risk-management and labelling to optimize protection of peanut-allergic consumers.
Date Issued
2019-12
Date Acceptance
2019-06-17
Citation
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2019, 144 (6), pp.1584-1594.e2
ISSN
0091-6749
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1584
End Page
1594.e2
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Volume
144
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2019 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Sponsor
Food Standards Agency
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31319102
PII: S0091-6749(19)30934-0
Grant Number
Cost Centre 1697
Subjects
Peanut
allergy
exercise and sleep deprivation
thresholds
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2019-07-15