Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) and sleep disruption : Melatonin Assessment in saliva and urine

Soafara Andrianome (1, 2) , Laurent Hugueville , René de Seze (1, 2) , Maité Hanot-Roy (1) , Kelly Blazy (1, 2) , Christelle Gamez (1, 2) , Brahim Selmaoui (1, 2)

1 INERIS - Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques
2 PERITOX - Périnatalité et Risques Toxiques - UMR INERIS_I 1

Sleep disruption is frequently reported by people with idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields or IEI-EMF. The physiopathology of this association is not clear. We aimed to evaluate whether melatonin level was affected in IEI-EMFs patients. Melatonin levels in saliva and urine were quantified by immunoassay techniques in a session without intentional exposure to EMF. Sleep quality was assessed by questionnaires.Significant differences in PSQI and ESS scores between compared groups were observed. Likewise, a higher proportion of pathological sleep for ESS was found in IEI-EMF group. Results indicate that melatonin is not associated with different sleep troubles reported by IEI-MFs patients.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Toxicology

Soafara Andrianome, Laurent Hugueville, René de Seze, Maité Hanot-Roy, Kelly Blazy, et al.. Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF) and sleep disruption : Melatonin Assessment in saliva and urine. Annual meeting of the Bioelectromagnetics Society and the European BioElectromagnetics Association (BioEM 2016), Jun 2016, Ghent, Belgium. ⟨ineris-01853042⟩