Healthy and Unhealthy Dietary Patterns of Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged Women

Depressive symptoms are a common menopausal feature in middle-aged women and are associated with dietary factors. This study aimed to determine the association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in 2190 Korean women aged 45-69 years. Depressive symptoms were screened using the Beck Dep...

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Published in:Nutrients 2024-03, Vol.16 (6), p.776
Main Authors: Choi, Ji-Young, Park, Seon-Joo, Lee, Hae-Jeung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Animals
Beans
Body mass index
Coffee
Confounding (Statistics)
Cross-sectional studies
Depression - epidemiology
Depression, Mental
depressive symptoms
Diet
Dietary Patterns
Education
Family medical history
Fatty acids
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food
Food habits
Fruit
Generalized linear models
Humans
Legumes
Marital status
Meat
Menopause
Mental depression
Middle age
Middle Aged
middle-aged women
Mimosaceae
Psychological aspects
Regression analysis
Serotonin
Statistical analysis
Stress
Surveys
Vegetables
Vitamins
Womens health
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Summary:Depressive symptoms are a common menopausal feature in middle-aged women and are associated with dietary factors. This study aimed to determine the association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in 2190 Korean women aged 45-69 years. Depressive symptoms were screened using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and food intake was examined using a food frequency questionnaire. Dietary patterns were derived from principal components analysis and identified two dietary patterns: a "healthy" dietary pattern (high intake of whole-grain rice, legumes, vegetables, fruits, and fish) and an "unhealthy" dietary pattern (high intake of noodles, dumplings, sweets, red meat, soda, and coffee). After adjusting for all confounding factors, those with the highest healthy dietary pattern scores had a 0.56-fold lower risk of depressive symptoms than those with the lowest score (Odds Ratio (OR) = 0.56, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.37-0.84, for trend = 0.006). Conversely, those with the highest unhealthy pattern scores had a 1.85-fold higher risk of depressive symptoms than that of those in the lowest quartile (OR = 1.85, 95% CI: 1.30-2.63, for trend = 0.002). In middle-aged women, a dietary pattern of high intake of fiber-rich whole-grain rice, fruits, vegetables, and legumes may help prevent and manage depressive symptoms.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu16060776