Trial reportPloS one2014
A prospective cohort study to examine the association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in older Chinese people in Hong Kong.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Identification of Chinese dietary patterns and their relationships with health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Nutrition and Healthy Ageing in Asia: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Dietary patterns and successful ageing: a systematic review.European journal of nutrition · 2016Pooled it
- Prevention of depression through nutritional strategies in high-risk persons: rationale and design of the MooDFOOD prevention trial.BMC psychiatry · 2016Trial
- Food- and Nutrient-Based Dietary Patterns and Depression in Korean Adults: A Machine Learning Approach Using KNHANES 2016-2021.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Research progress on plant-derived bioactive compounds and late-life depression: from neuroprotective mechanisms to dietary patterns.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- The effect of diet quality and body mass index on depression in older adults: a growth curve analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Perspective: Potatoes, Quality Carbohydrates, and Dietary Patterns.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Article
- The association between a priori dietary patterns and psychological disorders in military personnel.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- Article
- Association between Dietary Patterns and Depression in Chinese Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study Based on CLHLS.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Association between Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms in the Older Adults in Rural China.Nutrients · 2022Article
- The consumption of wholegrain is related to depressive symptoms among Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- The Association between Dietary Patterns and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adults.BioMed research international · 2020Article
- Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with improved mental and cognitive health in older adults from non-Western developing countries.Public health nutrition · 2019Article
- Dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in a UK cohort of men and women: a longitudinal study.Public health nutrition · 2018Article
- Inflammatory dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in Italian older adults.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2018Article
- Dietary pattern derived by reduced rank regression and depressive symptoms in a multi-ethnic population: the HELIUS study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2017Article
- The association between dietary patterns derived by reduced rank regression and depressive symptoms over time: the Invecchiare in Chianti (InCHIANTI) study.The British journal of nutrition · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionDietary patterns are culturally specific and there is limited data on the association of dietary patterns with late-life depression in Chinese. This study examined the associations between dietary patterns and baseline and subsequent depressive symptoms in community-dwelling Chinese older people in Hong Kong.
methodsParticipants aged ≥65 year participating in a cohort study examining the risk factors for osteoporosis completed a validated food frequency questionnaire at baseline between 2001 and 2003. Factor analysis was used to identify three dietary patterns: "vegetables-fruits" pattern, "snacks-drinks-milk products" pattern, and "meat-fish" pattern. Depressive symptoms were measured at baseline and 4-year using the validated Geriatric Depression Scale. Multiple logistic regression was used for cross-sectional analysis (n = 2,902) to assess the associations between dietary patterns and the presence of depressive symptoms, and for longitudinal analysis (n = 2,211) on their associations with 4-year depressive symptoms, with adjustment for socio-demographic and lifestyle factors.
resultsThe highest quartile of "vegetables-fruits" pattern score was associated with reduced likelihood of depressive symptoms [Adjusted OR = 0.55 (95% CI: 0.36-0.83), ptrend = 0.017] compared to the lowest quartile at baseline. Similar inverse trend was observed for the highest quartile of "snacks-drinks-milk products" pattern score [Adjusted OR = 0.41 (95% CI: 0.26-0.65), ptrend<0.001] compared to the lowest quartile. There was no association of "meat-fish" pattern with the presence of depressive symptoms at baseline. None of the dietary patterns were associated with subsequent depressive symptoms at 4-year.
conclusionHigher "vegetables-fruits" and "snacks-drinks-milk products" pattern scores were associated with reduced likelihood of baseline depressive symptoms in Chinese older people in Hong Kong. The longitudinal analyses failed to show any causal relationship between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms in this population.
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