Associations of Coffee, Diet Drinks, and Non-Nutritive Sweetener Use with Depression among Populations in Eastern Canada.

ABSTRACT: Consumption of coffee and diet drinks and the use of non-nutritive sweeteners is commonplace worldwide. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to investigate the associations between coffee consumption and non-nutritive sweetener use and depression among populations in Atlantic Canada. During 2009 to 2013, we recruited 18838 participants aged 35-69 years (5854 men and 12984 women) for the baseline survey of the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health cohort study. Coffee consumption, sweetener use, and major depression were assessed using a set of standardized questionnaires. We utilized multiple logistic regression models to assess the associations of coffee drinking and non-nutritive sweetener use with major depression. Compared with non-coffee drinkers, female participants who drank

SUBMITTER: Yu ZM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524745 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature