Journal article
Longitudinal associations between fish consumption and depression in young adults
KJ Smith, K Sanderson, SA McNaughton, SL Gall, T Dwyer, AJ Venn
American Journal of Epidemiology | Published : 2014
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu050
Abstract
Few studies have examined longitudinal associations between fish consumption and depression; none have defined depression using a diagnostic tool. We investigated whether fish consumption was associated with fewer new depression episodes in a national study of Australian adults. In 2004-2006, 1,386 adults aged 26-36 years (38% males) completed a 127-item (9 fish items) food frequency questionnaire. Fish intake was examined continuously (times/week) and dichotomously (reference group: <2 times/week). During 2009-2011, the lifetime version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview was administered by telephone. New episodes of major depression/dysthymic disorder (since baseline) were..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (grants 211316 and 544923 and fellowship APP1008299 to A.J.V.); the National Heart Foundation (grant GOOH0578 and fellowship PH11H6047 to S. L. G.); the Australian Research Council (fellowship FT0991524 to K. S. and fellowship FT100100581 to S. A. M.); the Tasmanian Community Fund (grant D0013808); and Veolia Environmental Services (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia). The study was sponsored by Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing Australia (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), ASICS Ltd. (Kobe, Japan), and Target Australia Pty. Ltd. (North Geelong, Victoria, Australia).