Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence, Functional Food Consumption and Anthropometric Characteristics with Anxiety and Depression Indexes in a Sample of Healthy Greek Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

IF 1.2 Q4 PSYCHIATRY
Ioannis-Nektarios Elmaliklis, Elisavet Miserli, Maria Filipatou, Ioannis Tsikouras, Charalampia Dimou, A. Koutelidakis
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The purpose of this randomized, retrospective study was to investigate the possible association among levels of anxiety and depression and functional food consumption frequency, Mediterranean diet adoption and anthropometric indices in a sample of Greek, mainly young, adults. One hundred twenty healthy adults, 80% of whom were 18–35 years old, were randomly recruited from the North Aegean Islands, mainly from the Aegean University campus. The degree of anxiety was evaluated using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-X-1,2) whereas the degree of depression was assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Mediterranean diet adherence was evaluated using the Med Diet Score and functional foods consumption frequency by a validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). According to our results, the study did not show a statistically significant association between Mediterranean diet adherence and anxiety or depression levels (p > 0.05), and a trend association was observed only for the depression grouped score. In parallel, increased depression level was significantly correlated with an increased body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.019). In addition, the consumption of specific functional foods, such as beans, nuts, pomegranate, spinach and foods enriched with β-glucans, correlated with state-trait anxiety or depression levels, as well as with anthropometric indices (p < 0.05). The results of the study may contribute to the elucidation of the possible role of the Mediterranean diet and functional food consumption on self-esteem, anxiety and depression.
地中海饮食依从性、功能性食物消费和人体测量特征与希腊健康成人样本中焦虑和抑郁指数的关联:一项横断面研究
这项随机回顾性研究的目的是调查希腊(主要是年轻人)样本中焦虑和抑郁水平与功能性食物消费频率、地中海饮食习惯和人体测量指数之间的可能关联。120名健康成年人,其中80%为18-35岁,从北爱琴海群岛随机招募,主要来自爱琴海大学校园。使用状态-特质焦虑量表(STAI-X-1,2)评估焦虑程度,而使用贝克抑郁量表(BDI)评估抑郁程度。地中海饮食依从性使用地中海饮食评分和功能性食物消费频率通过经验证的食物频率问卷(FFQ)进行评估。根据我们的研究结果,该研究没有显示地中海饮食依从性与焦虑或抑郁水平之间存在统计学上显著的相关性(p>0.05),并且仅在抑郁分组得分中观察到趋势相关性。同时,抑郁水平的增加与体重指数(BMI)的增加显著相关(p=0.019)。此外,食用特定功能性食物,如豆类、坚果、石榴、菠菜和富含β-葡聚糖的食物,与状态特征焦虑或抑郁水平相关,研究结果可能有助于阐明地中海饮食和功能性食物消费对自尊、焦虑和抑郁的可能作用。
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