ArticlePublic health nutrition2021
Associations between major dietary patterns and anxiety in middle-aged adults in eastern China.
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- Exploring the traditional Chinese diet and its association with health status-a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Identification of Chinese dietary patterns and their relationships with health outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Public health nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Dietary eating patterns, dairy consumption, and anxiety: A systematic literature review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of anxiety and depression in people with obesity: a cross-sectional analysis.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Development and preliminary evaluation of the Chinese adult dietary behavior scale.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Uncovering a New Concept of Foodnality in Diet Recommendations for Chinese Aging Populations Based on Systematic and Bibliometric Review.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Diet quality and anxiety: a critical overview with focus on the gut microbiome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Association between major dietary patterns and mental health problems among college students.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- The association between major dietary patterns and severe mental disorders symptoms among a large sample of adults living in central Iran: Baseline data of YaHS-TAMYZ cohort study.BMC public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study aimed to evaluate the association of major dietary patterns with anxiety in middle-aged adults in eastern China.
designDietary intake was assessed using a semi-quantitative FFQ. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to estimate OR and 95 % CI for anxiety according to quartiles of each dietary pattern score.
settingEvidence regarding the relationship between dietary patterns and anxiety in the Chinese population is scarce.
participantsThe study participants were 1360 Chinese adults aged 45-59 years, who participated in a health survey at the time of periodic check-up in the city of Linyi, Shandong Province, China.
resultsFour major dietary patterns were identified by factor analysis: traditional Chinese, western, grains-vegetables and high-salt diets. After adjusting for potential confounders, participants in the highest quartile of the western pattern had greater odds for anxiety, compared with those in the lowest quartile (OR 1·35, 95 % CI 1·000, 3·086, P < 0·05). In contrast, participants in the highest quartile of the grains-vegetables pattern had lower odds for anxiety than did those in the lowest quartile (OR 0·78, 95 % CI 0·574, 1·000, P < 0·05). Moreover, no significant associations were observed between the traditional Chinese and high-salt patterns and the risk of anxiety.
conclusionsOur findings indicate that the western pattern is associated with an increased risk, and the grains-vegetables pattern is associated with a decreased risk of anxiety.
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