Association of stress management skills and stressful life events with allergy risk: a case-control study in southern China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychosocial stress and stressful life events are known to aggravate allergic diseases. Less is known about the impact of stress management skills on allergies. Here we sought to determine whether stress management skills are associated with the allergies and to assess the combined effects of stress management skills and stressful events on allergy risk.

Methods

A survey on risk factors for self-reported allergic diseases was carried out among 28,144 southern Chinese people; 14 stressful life events and 8 stress management skills were retrospectively recorded in a case-control setting with multivariate logistic regression analysis. Multiplicative and additive interactions between stressful events and stress management skills were evaluated.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Cheng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247235 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature