Frequent consumption of vegetables predicts lower risk of depression in older Taiwanese - Results of a prospective population-based study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1087-1092

  Tsai, Alan C ^a,b   Chang, Tsui Lan ^c   Chi, Shu Hwang ^a  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Nursing Department   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Food consumption frequency; Fruits and vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIET; EGG; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; VEGETABLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; EGGS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; TAIWAN; VEGETABLES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84864123305     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011002977     Document Type: Article

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