Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, 3545 Lafayette Ave, 63103, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Department of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice, 3545 Lafayette Ave, 63103, St. Louis, MO, USA.
J Immigr Minor Health. 2023 Apr;25(2):339-349. doi: 10.1007/s10903-022-01393-x. Epub 2022 Sep 9.
Foreign-born immigrants are at greater risks of both food insecurity and depressive symptoms, while the association between the two has yet to be elucidated. Our sample includes 6,857 adults aged 20 years and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2005 to 2016. Multivariable logistic regression was used to examine whether the association between food security and depressive symptoms varies across race/ethnicity among US foreign-born immigrants. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 9.6% and 15.7% for low food security (LFS) and very low food security (VLFS). The adjust odds ratios (aORs) of depressive symptoms among Mexican American and Other Hispanic immigrants with VLFS were 2.66 (95% Confidence interval [CI]: 1.61, 4.38) and 2.05 (95% CI: 1.08, 3.86) as compared to those with full food security (FFS). Race/ethnicity may modify the association between food security and depressive symptoms among US foreign-born immigrants and a dose-response relationship was indicated among Hispanic and Other Race immigrants.
移民的粮食不安全和抑郁症状的风险更高，而两者之间的关联尚不清楚。我们的样本包括来自 2005 年至 2016 年全国健康和营养检查调查（NHANES）的 6857 名 20 岁及以上成年人。多变量逻辑回归用于检验美国移民中粮食安全与抑郁症状之间的关联是否因种族/民族而异。低粮食安全（LFS）和非常低粮食安全（VLFS）的抑郁症状患病率分别为 9.6%和 15.7%。VLFS 下墨西哥裔和其他西班牙裔移民的抑郁症状调整比值比（aOR）分别为 2.66（95%置信区间[CI]：1.61，4.38）和 2.05（95%CI：1.08，3.86）与那些有充分粮食安全（FFS）的人相比。种族/民族可能会改变美国移民中粮食安全与抑郁症状之间的关联，并且在西班牙裔和其他种族移民中存在剂量反应关系。
