The Relationship of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Depression in Korean Adults: A Moderating Effect of Overall Nutritional Adequacyopen access
- Authors
- Kang, M[Kang, Minjeong]; Joo, M[Joo, Mingyu]; Hong, H[Hong, Haeryun]; Kang, H[Kang, Hyunsik]
- Issue Date
- Aug-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- lifestyle risk factors; nutritional adequacy; depression; mental health; Korean adults
- Citation
- NUTRIENTS, v.13, no.8
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- NUTRIENTS
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 8
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/91741
- DOI
- 10.3390/nu13082626
- ISSN
- 2072-6643
- Abstract
- Background: Little is known regarding the role of nutrition in determining the associations between lifestyle risk factors and depression. Objectives: This study examined whether or not nutritional adequacy modulates the relationship between depression and lifestyle risk factors in Korean adults aged 18-65 years (n = 7446). Methods: Data were obtained from the 2016 and 2018 Korea National Health and Examination Survey. Depression, smoking, at-risk alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, sleep deprivation, and mean adequacy ratio (MAR) were assessed. Results: Individuals with two (OR = 1.960, p < 0.001), three (OR = 4.237, p < 0.001), or four (OR = 5.312, p < 0.001) risk factors had a significantly higher risk of depression compared to individuals with one or zero risk factor. In contrast, individuals with moderate MAR (OR = 0.607, p < 0.001) and high (OR = 0.698, p < 0.001) MAR had a lower depression risk compared to individuals with low MAR. Moderation analysis showed a moderating effect of MAR (coefficient = -0.220, p = 0.007) on the relationship between risk factors and depression. Conclusions: The current findings suggest that overall nutritional adequacy plays a modulating role in determining the relationship between depression and lifestyle risk factors in Korean adults.
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