NUT CONSUMPTION IS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AMONG CHINESE ADULTS
Su Q, Yu B, He H, Zhang Q, Meng G, Wu H, Du H, Liu L, Shi H, Xia Y, Guo X, Liu X, Li C, Bao X, Gu Y, Fang L, Yu F, Yang H, Sun S, Wang X, Zhou M, Jia Q, Zhao H, Song K, Niu K
Depression and anxiety · 35 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Food frequency questionnaire
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Nonprofit
- Chinese Nutrition Society
- Government
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- University or hospital
- Fudan University
- Government
- National Science and Technology Development Agency
- University or hospital
- Tianjin Medical University
- University or hospital
- Science Foundation of Tianjin Medical University
- Government
- The Technologies Project of Tianjin Binhai New Area
- Government
- National Science and Technology
- Government
- The Technologies Development Program of Beichen District of Tianjin
- Nonprofit
- Chinese Nutrition Society (CNS) Nutrition Research Foundation
- Government
- Key Technologies R&D Program of Tianjin
- Government
- Key Technologies R&D Program of Tianjin
- Government
- technologies project of Tianjin Binhai New Area
- University or hospital
- The Science Foundation of Tianjin Medical University
- Government
- Ministry of Education
- Government
- Technologies development program of Beichen District of Tianjin
- Government
- National Training Programs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates
- Grants
- Chinese Nutrition Society (2014-071); National Natural Science Foundation of China (2014-071); Fudan University (GW2014-5); National Natural Science Foundation of China (81 372 118); Tianjin Medical University (11ZCGYSY05700); National Natural Science Foundation of China (11ZCGYSY05700); National Natural Science Foundation of China (81,302,422); Tianjin Medical University (2013KYQ24); National Science and Technology Development Agency (2012BAI02B02); Tianjin Medical University (2010KY28); National Natural Science Foundation of China (81372467); Tianjin Medical University (13ZCZDSY20200); National Natural Science Foundation of China (13ZCZDSY20200)
Based on 17 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2016-04-20 · Depress Anxiety · vol. 33 · issue 11 · pp. 1065–1072
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 73 citations · more than 92% of similar papers · 3.5× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 56 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Nuts composition and effects · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Peanut Plant Research Studies
- Keywords
- Nut, Confounding, Medicine, Depressive symptoms, Depression (economics), Confidence interval, Odds ratio, Cross-sectional study, Demography, Environmental health, Psychiatry, Internal medicine, Anxiety
25 authors
From CN
- Qian SuTianjin Medical University
- Bin YuTianjin Medical University
- Haiyan HeFifth Tianjin Central Hospital; Tianjin Hospital; Tianjin Medical University
- Qing ZhangTianjin Medical University General Hospital
- Ge MengTianjin Medical University
- Hongmei WuTianjin Medical University
Abstract
Background
Affective disorders, especially depressive symptoms, bring such a burden to mortality and morbidity that they are associated with physical and psychological health and quality of life. Nuts, a foodstuff rich in multiple micronutrients, macronutrients, and other useful components, were considered to be a protector against depressive symptoms. Here, we conducted an analysis to examine the relationship between nut consumption and depressive symptoms.
Methods
The study performed a cross-sectional study to examine whether nut consumption is related to depressive symptoms among 13,626 inhabitants in Tianjin. Nut consumption was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire and depressive symptoms was assessed using the Chinese version of 20-item Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) with four cutoffs (40, 45, 48, and 50) to indicate elevated depressive symptoms.
Results
The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 38.7, 19.1, 11.4, and 7.3% for SDS ≥40, 45, 48, and 50, respectively. After adjustments for potential confounding factors, the odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of having elevated depressive symptoms with SDS ≥40 by increasing frequency of nut consumption were 1.00 for <once per week (reference), 0.82 (0.75, 0.90) for 1-3 times per week, and 0.82 (0.73, 0.92) for ≥4 times per week. Similar relations were observed with the use of other cutoffs as a definition of depressive symptoms.
Conclusion
The present study is the first to find that nut consumption is independently associated with depressive symptoms. It is suggested that nut consumption may be beneficial to the prevention of depressive symptoms.
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