PMID- 19192077
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090707
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1467-6494 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3506 (Print)
IS  - 0022-3506 (Linking)
VI  - 77
IP  - 2
DP  - 2009 Apr
TI  - Links between anxiety and allergies: psychobiological reality or possible 
      methodological bias?
PG  - 347-62
LID - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00550.x [doi]
AB  - The objective of the study was to examine the link between anxiety and allergies 
      to establish whether it reflects a psychobiological reality or a possible 
      methodological bias. A cohort of 1,037 children enrolled in the study. Anxiety 
      disorders were assessed between 11 and 21 years. Anxious personality was assessed 
      at 18 years. Allergies were examined at 21 years by (a) self reports, (b) skin 
      pricks, and (c) serum total immunoglobulin E (IgE). Self-reported allergies were 
      predicted by recurrent anxiety disorders (OR [95% CI]=1.56 [1.06-2.30], p=.023) 
      and self-reports of anxious personality (OR [95% CI]=1.67 [1.17-2.37], p=.004): 
      Objectively verified allergies were not. These results suggest that the link 
      between anxiety and allergies may reflect a methodological artifact rather than a 
      psychobiological reality.
FAU - Gregory, Alice M
AU  - Gregory AM
AD  - Psychology Department, Goldsmiths College, University of London, Lewisham Way, 
      New Cross, London, SE14 6NW. a.gregory@gold.ac.uk
FAU - Caspi, Avshalom
AU  - Caspi A
FAU - Moffitt, Terrie E
AU  - Moffitt TE
FAU - Milne, Barry J
AU  - Milne BJ
FAU - Poulton, Richie
AU  - Poulton R
FAU - Sears, Malcolm R
AU  - Sears MR
LA  - eng
GR  - MH45070/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R01 MH049414/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - G0601483/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - MH49414/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - G0100527/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
GR  - R01 MH045070/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090202
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pers
JT  - Journal of personality
JID - 2985194R
RN  - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Anxiety/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Anxiety Disorders/*diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Asthma/blood/*diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Comorbidity
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - Disease Progression
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulin E/blood
MH  - Male
MH  - Odds Ratio
MH  - Skin Tests
MH  - United Kingdom/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC3752790
MID - NIHMS498888
EDAT- 2009/02/05 09:00
MHDA- 2009/07/08 09:00
PMCR- 2013/08/26
CRDT- 2009/02/05 09:00
PHST- 2009/02/05 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/02/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/07/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2013/08/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JOPY550 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00550.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pers. 2009 Apr;77(2):347-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2008.00550.x. Epub 2009 
      Feb 2.