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Sep, 2014

Seaweed consumption and prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japan: Baseline data from the Kyushu Okinawa Maternal and Child Health Study

BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
  • Yoshihiro Miyake
  • ,
  • Keiko Tanaka
  • ,
  • Hitomi Okubo
  • ,
  • Satoshi Sasaki
  • ,
  • Masashi Arakawa

Volume
14
Number
1
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1186/1471-2393-14-301
Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

Background: Seaweed is a popular traditional food in Japan and is a rich source of bioactive metabolites. The neuroprotective properties of seaweed have attracted attention; to date, however, there has been no epidemiological evidence regarding the relationship between seaweed consumption and depression. The current cross-sectional study investigated the association between seaweed consumption and depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japan.
Methods: Study subjects were 1745 pregnant women. Depressive symptoms were defined as present when subjects had a Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale score of 16 or higher. Dietary consumption during the preceding month was assessed using a self-administered diet history questionnaire. Adjustment was made for age; gestation; region of residence; number of children; family structure; history of depression; family history of depression; smoking; secondhand smoke exposure at home and at work; job type; household income; education; body mass index; and intake of fish and yogurt.
Results: The prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy was 19.3%. After adjustment for possible dietary and non-dietary confounding factors, higher seaweed consumption was independently associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy: the adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) for depressive symptoms during pregnancy in the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles of seaweed consumption were 1 (reference), 0.72 (0.51-1.004), 0.71 (0.50-1.01), and 0.68 (0.47-0.96), respectively (P for trend = 0.03).
Conclusions: The present results suggest that seaweed consumption may be inversely associated with the prevalence of depressive symptoms during pregnancy in Japanese women.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-14-301
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000341396000001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84908059363&partnerID=MN8TOARS
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http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1244-4488
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  • DOI : 10.1186/1471-2393-14-301
  • ISSN : 1471-2393
  • ORCID - Put Code : 23957663
  • SCOPUS ID : 84908059363
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000341396000001

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