Composite dietary antioxidant index mediates the effect of epilepsy on psychiatric disorders: results from NHANES 2013-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric disorders is a major public health problem and epilepsy contributes significantly to depression. We aimed to explore the relationship between dietary patterns and mental illness in patients with epilepsy.

Methods

The data presented here are based on the 2013-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). In this study, the t-test and chi-square tests or one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were employed for the analysis of continuous and categorical variables, respectively. Restricted cubic splines (RCSs) with four knots were employed to investigate the linear relationship and trend between the Composite Dietary Antioxidant Index (CDAI) and epilepsy and psychiatric disorders, respectively. In instances where the linear relationship was

SUBMITTER: He X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11653362 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature