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Disturbed sleep in individuals with Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF): Melatonin assessment as a biological marker.

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Andrianome S, Hugueville L, de Seze R, Hanot-Roy M, Blazy K, Gamez C, Selmaoui B. · 2016

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Individuals with IEI-EMF had worse sleep scores but similar melatonin levels compared to controls.

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Researchers compared melatonin levels in 30 individuals with IEI-EMF and 25 controls without electromagnetic exposure. The IEI-EMF group had significantly lower sleep scores than controls. Saliva melatonin and urine aMT6s levels did not differ between groups. Three questionnaires evaluated sleep quality and quantity, melatonin was quantified in saliva and its metabolite aMT6s in urine, and levels were compared by two-way ANOVA at various times.

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In this study, we compared levels of melatonin between a sensitive group (IEI-EMF, n = 30) and a non-sensitive control group (non IEI-EMF, n = 25) without exposure to electromagnetic sources.

Three questionnaires were used to evaluate the subjective quality and sleep quantity: the Epworth Sl...

Despite significantly different sleep scores between the two groups, with a lower score in the IEI-E...

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Andrianome S, Hugueville L, de Seze R, Hanot-Roy M, Blazy K, Gamez C, Selmaoui B. (2016). Disturbed sleep in individuals with Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF): Melatonin assessment as a biological marker. Bioelectromagnetics. 2016 Mar 10. doi: 10.1002/bem.21965.
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@article{s_2016_disturbed_sleep_in_individuals_2891,
  author = {Andrianome S and Hugueville L and de Seze R and Hanot-Roy M and Blazy K and Gamez C and Selmaoui B.},
  title = {Disturbed sleep in individuals with Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF): Melatonin assessment as a biological marker.},
  year = {2016},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26969907/},
}
PubMed: 26969907

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The study compared a sensitive IEI-EMF group of 30 individuals with a non-sensitive control group of 25 individuals without electromagnetic exposure.
The IEI-EMF group had significantly lower sleep scores than the control group (P < 0.001).
No statistical difference was found in saliva melatonin (P > 0.05) or urine aMT6s (P > 0.05) between the groups.
The Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Spiegel Sleep Inventory were used to evaluate subjective sleep quality and quantity.
Melatonin was quantified in saliva and its metabolite aMT6s in urine, and levels were compared by two-way ANOVA at various times between groups.