Association between depressive symptoms and dietary intake in patients with type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Aila J AholaFinnDiane Study Group

Abstract

Depressive mood negatively affects self-care practices, and thereby increases the risk of long-term complications. Not much is known about the association between depressive symptoms and dietary intake in patients with type 1 diabetes, a population with high risk of cardiovascular disease. Subjects (n = 976, 41% men, age 48 ± 14 years) were participants in the Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study. Depressive symptomatology was assessed with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Dietary patterns were derived from food frequency questionnaire-entries by exploratory factor analysis. Energy and macronutrient intakes were calculated from food records. In the same record, participants also reported the results of their daily blood glucose monitoring. Associations between BDI score and self-care variables were analysed using generalized linear regression. For macronutrients, a substitution model was applied. Two dietary patterns ("Fish and vegetables", and "Traditional") negatively associated with the BDI score. Instead, an increase in the "Sweet" pattern score was positively associated with depressive symptomatology. Of the macronutrients, favouring protein over carbohydrates or fats associated with lower depression scores. Higher blood...Continue Reading

Citations

May 29, 2019·Current Opinion in Psychiatry·Nirmalya Mukherjee, Santosh K Chaturvedi
Sep 17, 2019·Nursing Research·Margaret M McCarthyMargaret Grey
Feb 23, 2020·The British Journal of Nutrition·Yan LiDongfeng Zhang
Feb 4, 2021·Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism·Linda T MuijsFrank J Snoek

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Autoimmune Diabetes & Tolerance

Patients with type I diabetes lack insulin-producing beta cells due to the loss of immunological tolerance and autoimmune disease. Discover the latest research on targeting tolerance to prevent diabetes.