Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan.
Nutrients. 2017 Dec 3;9(12):1319. doi: 10.3390/nu9121319.
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.
仅有少数研究关注了维生素摄入与日本人群抑郁症状之间的关系。本横断面研究调查了 1634 名老年日本个体(65 岁及以上)中维生素摄入与抑郁症状之间的关系。使用简短型自我管理饮食史问卷(BDHQ)分析了包括视黄醇、视黄醇当量、β-胡萝卜素当量、维生素 D、α-生育酚、维生素 K、维生素 B 族、维生素 C 和隐黄质在内的 15 种维生素的摄入量。使用老年抑郁量表(GDS)的简短版本评估抑郁症状。有抑郁症状的参与者的患病率为 26.7%。与无抑郁症状的参与者相比,抑郁症状参与者的所有维生素(视黄醇和维生素 D 除外)摄入量均较低。与无抑郁症状的老年参与者相比,有抑郁症状的女性和超重参与者的维生素摄入量明显较少。在校正了潜在混杂因素后,在男性或体重不足的参与者中,没有一种维生素与抑郁症状相关。在女性和超重的老年参与者中观察到了维生素缺乏与抑郁症状之间的关联。我们的研究结果表明,维生素摄入与抑郁症状之间存在关系。