Healthy and Unhealthy Dietary Patterns Are Related to Depression: A Case-Control Study
ObjectiveaaMajor depressive disorder is the leading cause of disability around the world. The relationship between depression and dietary patterns has been reported in a few studies but with controversial results. This study aimed to investigate this relationship in an Iranian population.
MethodsaaIn our study, 330 depressed patients (cases) and healthy people (controls) (1:2) were individually matched ...
Effect of Probiotics on Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Abstract: It has been reported that gut probiotics play a major role in the bidirectional communication between the gut and the brain. Probiotics may be essential to people with depression, which remains a global health challenge, as depression is a metabolic brain disorder. However, the efficacy of probiotics for depression is controversial. This study aimed to systematically review ...
Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of incident depression in midlife and older women
ABSTRACT
Background: The impact of dietary flavonoid intakes on risk of depression is unclear.
Objective: We prospectively examined associations between estimated habitual intakes of dietary flavonoids and depression risk.
Design: We followed 82,643 women without a previous history of depression at baseline from the Nurses’ Health Study [(NHS) aged
53–80 y] and the Nurses’ Health Study II ...
Cross-sectional association between serum concentrations of n-3 long-chain PUFA and depressive symptoms: results in Japanese community dwellers
Abstract
The effect of n-3 long-chain PUFA (n-3 LCPUFA) on depression in healthy subjects is unclear, and most of the previous studies have focused
on populations eating Western diets with lower fish intake. The present study investigated the association between blood levels of n-3
LCPUFA and depressive symptoms in Japanese community dwellers with ...
Associations between depression subtypes, depression severity and diet quality: crosssectional findings from the BiDirect Study
Background: Depression is supposed to be associated with an unhealthy lifestyle including poor diet. The objective of this study was to investigate differences in diet quality between patients with a clinical diagnosis of depression and population-based controls. Additionally, we aimed to examine effects of specific depression characteristics on diet by analyzing ...
Association between frequency of fried food consumption and resilience to depression in Japanese company workers: a cross-sectional study
Background: Long-chain n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC n-3/n-6 PUFA) play important roles in emotional regulation. We previously reported an association between fish consumption, which is major source of LC n-3 PUFA, and resilience to depression, where resilience is the ability to cope with stress in the face of adversity. Although the tr...
Association between depressive symptoms, use of antidepressant medication and the metabolic syndrome: the Maine-Syracuse Study
Abstract
Background: Both depression and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are two major public health issues. The aim of this study was to examine associations between depressive symptoms, the use of antidepressant medications, and the prevalence of MetS.
Methods: Cross-sectional analyses were undertaken on 970 participants from the Maine-Syracuse Study. Depressi...
A Meta-Analysis of Oxidative Stress Markers in Depression
Object
Studies have suggested that depression was accompanied by oxidative stress dysregulation, including abnormal total antioxidant capacity (TAC), antioxidants, free radicals, oxidative damage and autoimmune response products. This meta-analysis aims to analyse the
clinical data quantitatively by comparing the oxidative stress markers between depressed patients and healthy controls.
