ArticleNutrients2025
Association Between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Depression in Mid-Pregnancy: Mediating Effect of Sleep Quality.
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- Inflammatory exposures in early pregnancy and multidimensional sleep in late pregnancy: a prospective population-based study.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2026Article
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- Associations between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and depression among pregnant and postpartum women: analysis of NHANES 2005-2018.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and depression in mid-pregnancy and the mediating effect of sleep quality according to the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS).
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2017-2019 at a maternal and child health centre in Hunan Province. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 749 pregnant women were finally included in this study. A multifactorial logistic regression model was used to estimate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of the mid-pregnancy DII on mid-pregnancy depression. Restricted cubic spline plot regression was used to analyse the nonlinearity of the association between DII and depression. Mediation effects models were used to analyse the mediating role of sleep quality.
resultsThe average age of the 749 pregnant women was 29.42 ± 4.22 years. The mean mid-pregnancy DII was 0.21 ± 1.48 and the overall presenting rate of mid-pregnancy depression was 9.35%. In the final model adjusted for covariates such as maternal age, race, mid-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), occupation, literacy, and mean monthly income, the risk of depression in mid-pregnancy DII Q3 was 3.51 times higher than the mid-pregnancy DII Q4 [OR = 3.51, 95% CI = (1.45 to 8.53)]. A high DII in mid-pregnancy was a risk factor for depression in mid-pregnancy (
conclusionsA high DII is a risk factor for mid-pregnancy depression. The Dietary Inflammatory Index can influence depression not only directly but also indirectly through the mediating effect of sleep quality on mid-pregnancy depression.
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