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Healthy and Unhealthy Dietary Patterns Are Related to Depression: A Case-Control Study Publisher



Khosravi M1 ; Sotoudeh G1 ; Majdzadeh R2 ; Nejati S3 ; Darabi S4 ; Raisi F5 ; Esmaillzadeh A6 ; Sorayani M7
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  1. 1. Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Psychology, Behavioral Sciences Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Psychology and Educational Science, School of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Unit of Sciences and Research, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Department of Psychiatry, Roozbeh Hospital and Psychiatry and Psychology Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Psychiatry Resident in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Psychiatry Investigation Published:2015


Abstract

Objective Major 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. Methods In our study, 330 depressed patients (cases) and healthy people (controls) (1:2) were individually matched according to age, sex and area of residence. New cases of depression were recruited from two psychiatric clinics in Tehran. Interviewers went to each patient’s residential area, and invited qualified individuals to participate in the study as controls. Food intake over the past year was collected using a validated semi quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Dietary patterns were determined by the principal components method. Binary logistic regression was used to test the effect of dietary patterns on depression. Results We identified two major dietary patterns by using factor analysis: the healthy and unhealthy dietary patterns. We categorized the scores of these patterns to quartiles. After adjusting for non-depression drug use, job, marital status, children number, and body mass index, the relations of depression and quartiles of two dietary patterns are significant (p=0.04 & p=0.01, respectively). Compared with participants in the lowest quartile, those in the highest quartile had significantly lower odds ratio (OR) for depression in healthy dietary pattern, and higher OR for depression in unhealthy dietary pattern. Conclusion This study indicates that healthy and unhealthy dietary patterns may be associated with the risk of depression. The results can be used for developing interventions that aim to promote healthy eating for the prevention of depression. © 2015 Korean Neuropsychiatric Association.
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