Unsaturated fat intakes and mental health outcomes in young women from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Heath
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15093155 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Clare Daley (University of Newcastle Australia), Amanda J Patterson (0000-0002-1868-7918, University of Newcastle Australia), Amanda Patterson, David Sibbritt (0000-0003-3561-9447, University of Technology Sydney), Lesley MacDonald-Wicks, Lesley MacDonald‐Wicks (0000-0003-4668-7752, University of Newcastle Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 546-553 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Health Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1368980014000561 |
| PMID | 24717118 |
| OpenAlex | W2171188957 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 41 |
Objective To determine if associations exist between a range of unsaturated fatty acid intakes and mental health outcomes. Design Cross-sectional data analysis of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) Young Cohort Survey 3 that included the validated seventy-four-item Dietary Questionnaire for Epidemiological Studies FFQ, validated mental health scales and self-report questions on depression and anxiety. Setting Australia, 2003. Subjects A nationally representative sample of young Australian women (25–30 years) from ALSWH. The 7635 women with plausible energy intakes (>4·5 but Results Adjusted logistic regression analyses found statistically significant associations between higher intakes of α-linolenic acid and decreased likelihood of depressive symptoms indicated by the ten-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CESD-10; OR=0·77; 95 % CI 0·60, 0·99; P =0·040) and the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) mental health subscale (OR=0·73 95 % CI 0·56, 0·96; P =0·024). Furthermore, higher intakes of n -6 fatty acids (OR=0·96, 95 % CI 0·93, 0·99; P =0·019) and linoleic acid (OR=0·96, 95 % CI 0·93, 0·99; P =0·020) were associated with decreased likelihood of self-reported diagnosed anxiety and higher intakes of n -9 fatty acids (OR=1·02, 95 % CI 1·00, 1·04; P =0·041) and oleic acid (OR=1·02, 95 % CI 1·00, 1·05; P =0·046) were associated with increased likelihood of self-reported diagnosed anxiety. Conclusions: Increased intakes of α-linolenic acid were associated with a reduced likelihood of depressive symptoms, increased intakes of n -6 fatty acids and linoleic acid were associated with a reduced likelihood of self-reported anxiety, and increased intakes of n -9 fatty acids and oleic acid were associated with an increased likelihood of anxiety. Additional studies are needed to further elucidate associations between unsaturated fatty acids and depression and anxiety
Anxiety · Cohort · Cohort study · Depression (economics · Logistic regression · Longitudinal study · Mental health · Psychiatry · Demography · Fatty Acid Research and Health · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine
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| Highly cited | No |