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Associations of dietary intake and plasma concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid with prenatal depressive symptoms in J apan
Author(s) -
Shiraishi Mie,
Matsuzaki Masayo,
Yatsuki Yuko,
Murayama Ryoko,
Severinsson Elisabeth,
Haruna Megumi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/nhs.12182
Subject(s) - docosahexaenoic acid , eicosapentaenoic acid , pregnancy , polyunsaturated fatty acid , medicine , depressive symptoms , nausea , edinburgh postnatal depression scale , depression (economics) , fatty acid , obstetrics , endocrinology , physiology , biology , biochemistry , genetics , macroeconomics , economics , diabetes mellitus
The association between depression and omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid, continues to gain focus. In this study, we examined whether dietary intakes and plasma concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid were associated with depressive symptoms during pregnancy. Healthy J apanese women with singleton pregnancies were recruited at a university hospital in T okyo between 2010 and 2012. The depressive‐symptom group included participants with E dinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale scores greater than eight. Of the 329 participants, 19 (5.8%) had depressive symptoms. Lower plasma docosahexaenoic acid concentration was significantly associated with prenatal depressive symptoms. Women with depressive symptoms had a higher rate of pregnancy‐associated nausea than those with non‐depressive symptoms (52.6% vs 28.7%, respectively). Although we adjusted for the presence of pregnancy‐associated nausea, dietary fatty acid intake was not associated with depressive symptoms in the multiple logistic regression analyses. Further large studies would be required to examine any preventive effect of dietary fatty acid intake on depressive symptoms among pregnant women.