Can I read Lifestyle- and diet-related factors in late-life depression—a 5-year follow-up of elderly European men: the FINE study on EtoBox?

Lifestyle- and diet-related factors in late-life depression—a 5-year follow-up of elderly European men: the FINE study by Sinikka Bots; Marja Tijhuis; Simona Giampaoli; Daan Kromhout; Aulikki Nissinen is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lifestyle- and diet-related factors in late-life depression—a 5-year follow-up of elderly European men: the FINE study about?

## Abstract ## Objective Late‐life depression is one of the main health problems among elderly populations and a key element of healthy ageing. Causal relationships of lifestyle‐ and diet‐related factors in late‐life depression are unclear. This study investigates prospective associations of lifestyle‐ and diet‐related factors with development of categorically defined late‐life depression in a well‐documented population of elderly European men. ## Subjects and methods Altogether 526 not‐demented and not‐depressed European men aged 70–89 at baseline were included in the analyses. The association of lifestyle‐related and dietary factors with development of categorically defined depression (> = 48/80 on the Zung Self‐rating Depression Scale) was assessed in a follow‐up of 5 years. ## Results Eleven percent (__n__ = 59) of the men developed depression during follow‐up. An independent association with development of depression was found for baseline depressive status [Odds Ratio (OR) 1.19, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.10–1.28, __p__ < 0.001], a decline in serum total cholesterol level between study years (OR 1.76, 95%CI: 1.01–3.04, __p__ = 0.045), physical activity (OR 0.97, 95%CI: 0

Who reads Lifestyle- and diet-related factors in late-life depression—a 5-year follow-up of elderly European men: the FINE study?

Author

Sinikka Bots; Marja Tijhuis; Simona Giampaoli; Daan Kromhout; Aulikki Nissinen

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)