@article{ref1,
title="Dietary patterns and depressive symptoms among Iranian women",
journal="Journal of health psychology",
year="2020",
author="Lahouti, Maryam and Zavoshy, Roza and Noroozi, Mostafa and Rostami, Reza and Gholamalizadeh, Maryam and Rashidkhani, Bahram and Doaei, Saeid",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="We aimed to investigate the association between dietary patterns and depressive symptoms among 217 Iranian women aged 20-45 years. In this study, dietary intake was assessed using a valid and reliable semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. A principal component analysis was applied to detect the major dietary patterns. The Beck Depression Inventory was used to assess the depressive symptoms. Two major dietary patterns were identified: the &quot;semi-Mediterranean&quot; dietary pattern and the &quot;western&quot; dietary pattern. Participants with the &quot;western&quot; dietary pattern had a higher rate of depressive symptoms (<i>p</i> < 0.05). However, the &quot;semi-Mediterranean&quot; dietary pattern had no significant association with the depressive symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1359-1053",
doi="10.1177/1359105320909888",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105320909888"
}