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Predictors of Immune Fitness and the Alcohol Hangover: Survey Data from UK and Irish Adults

by
Joris C. Verster
1,2,3,
Agnese Merlo
1,
Maureen N. Zijlstra
1,
Benthe R. C. van der Weij
1,
Anne S. Boogaard
1,
Sanne E. Schulz
1,
Jessica Balikji
1,
Andy J. Kim
4,
Sherry H. Stewart
4,5,
Simon B. Sherry
4,
Johan Garssen
1,6,
Gillian Bruce
7,* and
Lydia E. Devenney
8
1
Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
2
Centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences, Swinburne University, Melbourne, VIC 3122, Australia
3
Cognitive Neurophysiology, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Germany
4
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University, 1355 Oxford St, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada
5
Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, 5909 Veterans’ Memorial Lane, Halifax, NS B3H 2E2, Canada
6
Danone Global Research & Innovation Center, Uppsalalaan 12, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
7
School of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA1 2BE, UK
8
Department of Psychology and Counselling, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Data 2025, 10(4), 49; https://doi.org/10.3390/data10040049
Submission received: 17 December 2024 / Revised: 25 March 2025 / Accepted: 30 March 2025 / Published: 1 April 2025
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Abstract

Immune fitness is defined as the capacity of the body to respond to health challenges (such as infections) by activating an appropriate immune response to promote health and prevent and resolve disease, which is essential for improving quality of life. Thus, immune fitness plays an essential role in health, and reduced immune fitness may be an important signal of increased susceptibility for disease. Lifestyle factors such as increased levels of alcohol consumption have been shown to negatively impact immune fitness. The alcohol hangover is the most frequently reported negative consequence of alcohol consumption and is defined as the combination of negative mental and physical symptoms, which can be experienced after a single episode of alcohol consumption, starting when blood alcohol concentration (BAC) approaches zero. Significant correlations have been reported between hangover severity and both immune fitness and biomarkers of systemic inflammation. The concepts of immune fitness and alcohol hangover are further linked by the fact that the inflammatory response to alcohol consumption plays an important role in the pathology of the alcohol hangover. Moreover, immune fitness has been related to the susceptibility of experiencing hangovers per se. It is therefore important to investigate the interrelationship between immune fitness and the alcohol hangover, and to identify possible predictor variables of both constructs. This data descriptor article describes a study that was conducted with adults living in the UK or Ireland, evaluating possible correlates and predictors of immune fitness and the alcohol hangover. Data on mood, personality, mental resilience, pain catastrophizing, and sleep were collected from n = 1178 participants through an online survey. Herein, the survey and corresponding dataset are described.
Keywords: immune fitness; alcohol; hangover; mood; anxiety; personality; mental resilience; pain; sleep; daytime alertness; smoking; quality of life; impaired wound healing immune fitness; alcohol; hangover; mood; anxiety; personality; mental resilience; pain; sleep; daytime alertness; smoking; quality of life; impaired wound healing

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Verster, J.C.; Merlo, A.; Zijlstra, M.N.; Weij, B.R.C.v.d.; Boogaard, A.S.; Schulz, S.E.; Balikji, J.; Kim, A.J.; Stewart, S.H.; Sherry, S.B.; et al. Predictors of Immune Fitness and the Alcohol Hangover: Survey Data from UK and Irish Adults. Data 2025, 10, 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/data10040049

AMA Style

Verster JC, Merlo A, Zijlstra MN, Weij BRCvd, Boogaard AS, Schulz SE, Balikji J, Kim AJ, Stewart SH, Sherry SB, et al. Predictors of Immune Fitness and the Alcohol Hangover: Survey Data from UK and Irish Adults. Data. 2025; 10(4):49. https://doi.org/10.3390/data10040049

Chicago/Turabian Style

Verster, Joris C., Agnese Merlo, Maureen N. Zijlstra, Benthe R. C. van der Weij, Anne S. Boogaard, Sanne E. Schulz, Jessica Balikji, Andy J. Kim, Sherry H. Stewart, Simon B. Sherry, and et al. 2025. "Predictors of Immune Fitness and the Alcohol Hangover: Survey Data from UK and Irish Adults" Data 10, no. 4: 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/data10040049

APA Style

Verster, J. C., Merlo, A., Zijlstra, M. N., Weij, B. R. C. v. d., Boogaard, A. S., Schulz, S. E., Balikji, J., Kim, A. J., Stewart, S. H., Sherry, S. B., Garssen, J., Bruce, G., & Devenney, L. E. (2025). Predictors of Immune Fitness and the Alcohol Hangover: Survey Data from UK and Irish Adults. Data, 10(4), 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/data10040049

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