ArticleNutrients2017
Relationship between Vitamin Intake and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Japanese Individuals: Differences with Gender and Body Mass Index.
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- Exploring the Link Between Vitamin K and Depression: A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Associations of Dietary Vitamin C and E Intake With Depression. A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Associations of Dietary Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene Intake With Depression. A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Nutrition and Intestinal Microbiome on Elderly Depression-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
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- The association of vitamin deficiency with depression risk in late-life depression: a review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Gut microbiota, nutrients, and depression.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Vitamin-mediated interaction between the gut microbiome and mitochondria in depression: A systematic review-based integrated perspective.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Review
- Association between Dietary Antioxidant Capacity in Midlife and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life: The Singapore Chinese Health Study.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Determinants and Prevalence of Depression Among Dietary Supplement Users in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Malnutrition and Risk of Depression in the Elderly.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Review
- Relationship between food group-specific intake and depression among local government employees in Japan.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Associations Between Vitamin K and Suicide Attempts in Patients with Depression: A Case-Control Study.Journal of inflammation research · 2024Article
- Assessing the role of antioxidant and pro-oxidant balance in mediating the relationship between vitamin K intake and depressive symptoms in adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Identification of the hybrid geneFrontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Higher serum ascorbic acid levels are associated with lower depression prevalence in US adults: a case-control study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Serum Vitamin Levels, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, and Their Association with Depression in Korean Women: A Cross-Sectional Study of a Nationally Representative Sample.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Genetic factors associated with serum amylase in a Japanese population: combined analysis of copy-number and single-nucleotide variants.Journal of human genetics · 2023Article
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Abstract
Only a few studies have focused on the relationship between vitamin intake and depressive symptoms in Japanese individuals. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between vitamin intake and depressive symptoms in 1634 elderly Japanese individuals (65 years and older). The consumption of fifteen vitamins including retinol, a retinol equivalent, beta-carotene equivalent, vitamin D, alpha-tocopherol, vitamin K, vitamin group B, vitamin C, and cryptoxanthine was analyzed using a brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ). The short version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used to assess depressive symptoms. The prevalence of participants with depressive symptoms was 26.7%. The consumption of all vitamins, except for retinol and vitamin D, was lower among depressed than non-depressed participants. The consumption of vitamins was significantly less in female and overweight participants with depressive symptoms than in elderly participants without depressive symptoms. After adjustments for potential confounders, none of the fifteen vitamins were correlated with depressive symptoms in male or underweight participants. Associations between vitamin deficiencies and depressive symptoms were observed in female and overweight elderly participants. Our findings demonstrated a relationship between vitamin intake and depressive symptoms.
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