Environmental Toxicant Exposure and Depressive Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Recognizing associations between exposure to common environmental toxicants and mental disorders such as depression is crucial for guiding targeted mechanism research and the initiation of disease prevention efforts.

Objectives

To comprehensively screen and assess the associations between potential environmental toxicants and depressive symptoms and to assess whether systemic inflammation serves as a mediator.

Design, setting, and participants

A total of 3427 participants from the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination and Survey who had information on blood or urine concentrations of environmental toxicants and depression scores assessed by the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were included. Statistical an

SUBMITTER: Guo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11222999 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature