Fermented dairy foods consumption and depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The gut-brain axis has been potentially proposed as a link between the intake of fermented dairy foods and depression. We carried out this meta-analysis on published cohort studies to estimate the overall depression risk of fermented dairy foods intake.

Methods

We searched the CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) and PubMed databases for all articles within a range of published years from 2010 to 2022 on the association between fermented dairy foods intake and depression.

Results

Finally, 8 studies met the inclusion criteria for this study, with 83,533 participants. Overall, there was statistical evidence of significantly decreased depression risk was found to be associated with fermented dairy foods intake (OR = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.81-0.98). In subg

SUBMITTER: Luo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9901789 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature