Dietary pattern and depressive symptoms in middle age.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of diet and depression have focused primarily on individual nutrients.

Aims

To examine the association between dietary patterns and depression using an overall diet approach.

Method

Analyses were carried on data from 3486 participants (26.2% women, mean age 55.6 years) from the Whitehall II prospective cohort, in which two dietary patterns were identified: 'whole food' (heavily loaded by vegetables, fruits and fish) and 'processed food' (heavily loaded by sweetened desserts, fried food, processed meat, refined grains and high-fat dairy products). Self-reported depression was assessed 5 years later using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression (CES-D) scale.

Results

After adjusting for potential confounders, participants in the highe

SUBMITTER: Akbaraly TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2801825 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature