Journal article
Dietary intake of fish and PUFA, and clinical depressive and anxiety disorders in women
FN Jacka, JA Pasco, LJ Williams, BJ Meyer, R Digger, M Berk
British Journal of Nutrition | Published : 2013
Abstract
Fish and PUFA consumption are thought to play a role in mental health; however, many studies do not take into account multiple sources of PUFA. The present study analysed data from a sample of 935 randomly selected, population-based women aged 20-93 years. A validated and comprehensive dietary questionnaire ascertained the consumption of n-3 and n-6 PUFA. Another assessed fish and energy intake and provided data for a dietary quality score. The General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) measured psychological symptoms and a clinical interview (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-TR Research Version, Non-patient edition) assessed depressive and anxiety disorders. Median dietary intakes of ..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Awarded by NHMRC Post Doctoral Fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank and acknowledge Shann Akkersdyk from the University of Wollongong for assisting with the PUFA FFQ data entry. The present study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Project Grant no. 454356) and an unrestricted educational grant from Eli Lilly. The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences and Australian Rotary Health provided postgraduate scholarships to F. N. J. and L. J. W.; F. N. J. is supported by an NHMRC Post Doctoral Fellowship (no. 628912). The funding providers played no role in the design or conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis and interpretation of the data; or in preparation, review or approval of the manuscript. All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. F. N. J. carried out conception and design, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting of the article and final approval of the version for publication. J. A. P. carried out conception and design, critical revision for important intellectual content and final approval of the version for publication. L. J. W. performed data collection, critical revision for important intellectual content and final approval of the version for publication. B. J. M. carried out the design of the PUFA questionnaire, critical revision for important intellectual content and final approval of the version for publication. R. D. performed data collation, critical revision for important intellectual content and final approval of the version for publication. M. B. carried out conception and design, interpretation of data, critical revision for important intellectual content and final approval of the version for publication. All authors had full access to the data and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.