Influence of lifestyle patterns on depression among adults with diabetes: a mediation effect of dietary inflammatory index

Lifestyle plays a vital role in managing diabetes and is closely connected with the onset and worsening of concurrent depression. This study by Wang B. et al. (2024) aimed to evaluate how different lifestyle patterns affect depression in people with diabetes and to investigate the role of the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) in mediating this relationship. Data for the research was sourced from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 2009-2020). Data analysis was conducted on a sample of 3,009 adults with diabetes to categorize their lifestyle behaviors. The latent class analysis (LCA) classified participants into three lifestyle groups: unhealthy (44.53%), unhealthy but not involving alcohol (48.06%), and healthy but smoking (7.41%). The group that was unhealthy but did not use alcohol was discovered to be a substantial depressive risk factor. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores of the unhealthy but non-alcohol using group and those of the healthy but smoking group were both partially and entirely mediated by the DII. Diabetes patients’ lifestyle choices have a big influence on whether or not they develop depression. The role of dietary inflammation as a mediator between lifestyle patterns and depression varies. Adopting anti-inflammatory diets and promoting overall healthy lifestyle habits may be effective strategies for preventing and managing depression in diabetes patients. [NPID: Dietary inflammatory index, depression, lifestyle patterns, Diabetes, NHANES]

Year: 2024

Reference: Wang, B., Fan, Y., Wang, X., Zeng, X., Zeng, S., Jia, H., Li, Y., & Dai, C. (2024). Influence of lifestyle patterns on depression among adults with diabetes: a mediation effect of dietary inflammatory index. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1779. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19319-7

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