Mediterranean diet and depression: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression imposes immense public health burden, demonstrating an urgent need of the identification of modifiable risk factors. Only a few cohort studies have analyzed the association between Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) and depression but with mixed results. We examined the impact of MDP on clinically ascertained depression in a large population-based dataset.

Methods

In 1991/92, detailed information on diet, using a food frequency questionnaire, and potential confounding factors (body weight, height, educational attainment, smoking, previous diabetes and hypertension, and physical activity) was collected, in a random sample of 49,261 Swedish women aged 29-49. Adherence to MDP was calculated. Clinical depression was extracted from the National Patient Regi

SUBMITTER: Yin W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8627099 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature