Kazeminejad Shervin, Abtahi Mitra, Askari Mohammadreza, Marbini Motahare Hatami, Jalilpiran Yahya, Azadbakht Leila
Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 1416643931, Tehran, Iran.
Students' Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
BMC Res Notes. 2025 Mar 6;18(1):100. doi: 10.1186/s13104-025-07155-w.
The association between the Mediterranean diet (MED) and the dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) with some mental disorders is well-documented. However, a consistent relationship with young adults as a vulnerable population has yet to be known. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the relation between Iranian young male adults' mood and happiness state with DASH/MED patterns.
Participants' mean age was 23.65 ± 1.74 years, within the age range of 18-28 years, and their BMI was 24.23 ± 3.82 kg/m². After adjusting for all covariates, those in the highest DASH tertile had 54% lower odds of poor mood compared to the lowest tertile (OR = 0.46; 95%CI: 0.24, 0.88). An inverse relationship was also found between DASH and low happiness scores (OR T3 vs. T1 = 0.51, 95%CI: 0.27, 0.96). No significant association was found between MED and mood or happiness. Therefore, results showed that participants who adhered more closely to the DASH diet were less likely to report being unhappy or having a poor mood. Further prospective studies are required to confirm these findings.
地中海饮食（MED）和阻止高血压饮食方法（DASH）与某些精神障碍之间的关联已有充分记录。然而，与作为弱势群体的年轻成年人之间的一致关系尚不清楚。因此，我们旨在研究伊朗年轻男性成年人的情绪和幸福状态与DASH/MED模式之间的关系。
参与者的平均年龄为23.65±1.74岁，年龄范围在18 - 28岁之间，其体重指数为24.23±3.82kg/m²。在对所有协变量进行调整后，处于DASH三分位数最高组的参与者出现情绪不佳的几率比最低组低54%（OR = 0.46；95%CI：0.24，0.88）。在DASH与低幸福得分之间也发现了负相关关系（OR T3与T1 = 0.51，95%CI：0.27，0.96）。未发现MED与情绪或幸福之间存在显著关联。因此，结果表明，更严格遵循DASH饮食的参与者报告不开心或情绪不佳的可能性较小。需要进一步的前瞻性研究来证实这些发现。
