Race/ethnicity moderates associations between depressive symptoms and diet composition among U.S. adults.

• DOI: 10.1037/hea0001078
• Publication Date: 2021-10-07T14:51:55Z
• Authors: Elizabeth A. Vrany; Brittanny M. Polanka; Loretta Hsueh; Felicia Hill-Briggs; Jesse C. Stewart
• Keywords: Polyunsaturated fat; Moderation

Although depression is associated with poorer overall diet quality, few studies have examined its association levels of particular macronutrients, and none moderation by race/ethnicity. The present study (a) associations between depressive symptom severity nine indices composition (b) whether race/ethnicity moderates these associations.Participants were 28,940 adults (mean age = 49 years, 52% female, nonwhite) from NHANES 2005-2018. Depressive was measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Nine derived average two 24-hr dietary recalls (e.g., total energy, fat, saturated carbohydrate, sugar, fiber, protein).Separate linear regression analyses revealed that PHQ-9 positively fat sugar negatively protein fiber. Moderation observed (interaction ps < .05). Among non-Hispanic Whites, Blacks, monounsaturated polyunsaturated sugar. Mexican Americans, fat. other Hispanics, protein, total, monounsaturated, fat.Findings this large, nationally representative sample demonstrate vary Critically, an unhealthy pattern may be one mechanism explaining excess risk obesity cardiometabolic diseases in individuals depression, especially Blacks. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).