The Relationship of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Depression in Korean Adults: A Moderating Effect of Overall Nutritional Adequacy
College of Sport Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Korea
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Nutrients 2021, 13(8), 2626; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082626
Received: 2 July 2021
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Revised: 22 July 2021
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Accepted: 26 July 2021
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Published: 29 July 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Nutrition and Public Health)
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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Kang, M.; Joo, M.; Hong, H.; Kang, H. The Relationship of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Depression in Korean Adults: A Moderating Effect of Overall Nutritional Adequacy. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2626. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082626
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Kang M, Joo M, Hong H, Kang H. The Relationship of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Depression in Korean Adults: A Moderating Effect of Overall Nutritional Adequacy. Nutrients. 2021; 13(8):2626. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082626
Chicago/Turabian StyleKang, Minjeong, Mingyu Joo, Haeryun Hong, and Hyunsik Kang. 2021. "The Relationship of Lifestyle Risk Factors and Depression in Korean Adults: A Moderating Effect of Overall Nutritional Adequacy" Nutrients 13, no. 8: 2626. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13082626
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