Table 4.
Adjusted logistic regression results between dietary intake of unsaturated fatty acids and mental health outcomes in the young cohort of women aged 25–30 years (n 7635) from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
| Symptoms of depression | ||||||||||||
| Self-reported depression | Self-reported anxiety | CESD-10 ≥10 | SF-36 MH subscale ≤52 | |||||||||
| OR | 95 % CI | P value | OR | 95 % CI | P value | OR | 95 % CI | P value | OR | 95 % CI | P value | |
| Total n-3 (g) | 1·05 | 0·87, 1·26 | 0·637 | 0·93 | 0·74, 1·19 | 0·564 | 0·98 | 0·85, 1·14 | 0·128 | 0·96 | 0·82, 1·16 | 0·629 |
| ALA (g) | 0·90 | 0·66, 1·24 | 0·519 | 0·98 | 0·65, 1·49 | 0·928 | 0·77 | 0·60, 0·99 | 0·040* | 0·73 | 0·56, 0·96 | 0·024* |
| EPA (g) | 1·38 | 0·68, 2·89 | 0·379 | 0·78 | 0·34, 1·90 | 0·564 | 1·31 | 0·75, 2·34 | 0·353 | 1·29 | 0·69, 2·49 | 0·433 |
| DPA (g) | 6·97 | 0·58, 93·3 | 0·134 | 0·41 | 0·02, 9·14 | 0·562 | 3·35 | 0·45, 25·89 | 0·241 | 3·43 | 0·37, 34·16 | 0·285 |
| DHA (g) | 1·21 | 0·84, 1·77 | 0·326 | 0·87 | 0·57, 1·37 | 0·535 | 1·20 | 0·89, 1·61 | 0·234 | 1·21 | 0·87, 1·70 | 0·262 |
| LC n-3 (g) | 1·12 | 0·90, 1·41 | 0·316 | 0·92 | 0·71, 1·22 | 0·544 | 1·11 | 0·93, 1·33 | 0·265 | 1·11 | 0·91, 1·36 | 0·308 |
| Total n-6 (g) | 0·98 | 0·95, 1·00 | 0·091 | 0·96 | 0·93, 0·99 | 0·019* | 0·99 | 0·97, 1·02 | 0·597 | 0·99 | 0·97, 1·01 | 0·443 |
| LA (g) | 0·98 | 0·95, 1·00 | 0·093 | 0·96 | 0·93, 0·99 | 0·020* | 0·99 | 0·97, 1·02 | 0·603 | 0·99 | 0·97, 0·99 | 0·444 |
| Total n- 9 (g) | 1·00 | 0·98, 1·02 | 0·917 | 1·02 | 1·00, 1·04 | 0·041* | 0·99 | 0·98, 1·01 | 0·287 | 1·00 | 0·99, 1·01 | 0·799 |
| OA (g) | 1·00 | 0·98, 1·01 | 0·523 | 1·02 | 1·00, 1·05 | 0·046* | 0·99 | 0·98, 1·01 | 0·224 | 1·00 | 0·98, 1·01 | 0·790 |
CESD-10, ten-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; SF-36 MH subscale, Medical Outcomes Study Short Form Health Survey mental health subscale; ALA, α-linolenic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; LC, long chain; LA, linoleic acid, OA, oleic acid.
Adjusted for BMI, energy intake, physical activity, chronic illnesses, alcohol intake, education, drug use, smoking status, pregnancy status, abuse, area of residence, managing on income, marital status, major life events, symptoms, depression medications (for CESD-10 and SF-36 MH subscale only).
Statistically significant (P<0·05).