Association between unhealthy diets and depression in early pregnancy / 中华疾病控制杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the association between unhealthy diets and depression in early pregnancy. Methods 7 976 women in early pregnancy were recruited and analyzed in this study from the Chinese Pregnant Women Cohort Study (CPWCS) from July 25th, 2017 to July 24th, 2018. Differences of baseline characteristics between the two groups were conducted by a chi-square test. The qualitative food frequency questionnaire and the edinburgh postnatal depression scale were used to assess depression status and food intake frequency during the first trimester respectively. Log-binomial regression was used to analyze the relationship between unhealthy diets and depression in early pregnancy. Prevalence ratio (PR) and its 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were calculated. Results Eating regularly (PR=0.45, 95% CI0.38-0.54，P<0.001) and eating breakfast frequently (PR=0.80, 95% CI0.72-0.90, P<0.001) were related to the low incidence of depression while frequent consumption of fried food (PR=1.25, 95% CI1.03-1.53, P=0.027), Western-style fast food (PR=1.36, 95% CI1.06-1.74, P=0.015) and puffed food (PR=1.37, 95% CI1.11-1.70, P=0.003) as well as drinking sugar-sweetened beverage (PR=1.37, 95% CI1.17-1.61, P<0.001),wine (PR=1.60, 95% CI1.26-2.01, P<0.001) and liqueur (PR=1.26, 95% CI1.00-1.59, P=0.047) were linked with the high incidence of depression. Conclusions There might be an association between unhealthy diets and depression in early pregnancy. Pregnant women should take the initiative to better understand what are healthy diets and reduce the frequency of unhealthy diets consumption to decrease the incidence of depression during pregnancy.