Toxoplasma gondii infection and common mental disorders in the Finnish general population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We investigated whether T. gondii seropositivity is associated with 12-month depressive, anxiety and alcohol use disorders and current depressive symptoms and whether inflammation, measured by C-reactive protein (CRP) level, explains these associations.

Method

Health 2000 study (BRIF8901), conducted in years 2000-2001, is based on a nationally representative sample of Finns aged 30 and above, with 7112 participants and 88.6% response rate. DSM-IV depressive, anxiety and alcohol use disorders were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview and depressive symptoms with the Beck Depressive Inventory (BDI-21). We used logistic regression to investigate the association of T. gondii seropositivity with mental disorders and linear regression with BDI-2

SUBMITTER: Suvisaari J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5588865 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature