Dietary fat intake and the risk of depression: the SUN Project.

ABSTRACT:

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Emerging evidence relates some nutritional factors to depression risk. However, there is a scarcity of longitudinal assessments on this relationship.

Objective

To evaluate the association between fatty acid intake or the use of culinary fats and depression incidence in a Mediterranean population.

Material and methods

Prospective cohort study (1999-2010) of 12,059 Spanish university graduates (mean age: 37.5 years) initially free of depression with permanently open enrolment. At baseline, a 136-item validated food frequency questionnaire was used to estimate the intake of fatty acids (saturated fatty acids (SFA), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), trans unsaturated fatty acids (TFA) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and culinary fats (olive oil, seed o

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Villegas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3027671 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature