Relationship between Vitamin Intake and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Japanese Individuals: Differences with Gender and Body Mass Index
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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.
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A negative relationship exists between depressive symptoms and intake of B vitamins, including pyridoxine, in elderly Japanese females, but not males; higher pyridoxine intake is associated with better psychomotor speed in young adults.
“A negative relationship has been found between depressive symptoms and the levels of intake of B vitamins, including pyridoxine (vitamin B6) in 914 elderly Japanese females, but not in 720 males [157].”
From Vitamins and Minerals for Energy, Fatigue and Cognition: A Narrative Review of the Biochemical and Clinical Evidence (2020) · cites this paper as [157]
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- Authors
- Nguyen, T., Tsujiguchi, H., Kambayashi, Y., Hara, A., Miyagi, S., Yamada, Y., Nakamura, H., Shimizu, Y., Hori, D., Suzuki, F., Hayashi, K., & Nakamura, H.
- Affiliations
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Nakamura, Hiroyuki
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nutrients
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2017-12-03
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1319
- ISSN
- 2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5748769
- OpenAlex
- W2773833201
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2025: 7 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 3.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Nutrients (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (15H04783)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (15H04783)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Keywords
- vitamin intake, depressive symptoms, older adults, Japanese older adults, gender differences, body mass index, overweight, vitamin deficiency, retinol, vitamin D, alpha-tocopherol, vitamin C, Geriatric Depression Scale, dietary history
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Vitamins, Asian People
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