Dietary flavonoid intake and risk of incident depression in midlife and older women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 704-714

  Chang, Shun Chiao ^a   Cassidy, Aedin ^d   Willett, Walter C ^b,e   Rimm, Eric B ^b,e   O'Reilly, Eilis J ^b,e   Okereke, Olivia I ^b,c,f  

^a CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d Departments of Nutrition   (United States)

^e Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Flavonoids; Geriatrics; Nurses' health study; Prospective cohort

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; APIGENIN; CATECHIN; DELPHINIDIN; EPICATECHIN 3 GALLATE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GALLOCATECHIN; HESPERETIN; ISOHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MALVIDIN CHLORIDE; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PELARGONIN; PEONIDIN; PETUNIDIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; THEAFLAVIN; THEARUBIGIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION ASSESSMENT; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT JUICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HEALTHY DIET; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84985994388     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.124545     Document Type: Article

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