Higher dietary intake of long-chain ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids is inversely associated with depressive symptoms in women

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1011-1019

  Colangelo, Laura A ^a   He, Ka ^b   Whooley, Mary A ^c   Daviglus, Martha L ^a   Liu, Kiang ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Fatty acids; Depressive symptoms; Docosahexaenoic acid; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Fish

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249226306     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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