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Published in: Nutrition Journal 1/2024

Open Access 01-12-2024 | Mood Disorders | Research

The association between lifelines diet score (LLDS) with depression and quality of life in Iranian adolescent girls

Authors: Zahra Darabi, Abbas Ali Sangouni, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Gordon A. Ferns, Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh

Published in: Nutrition Journal | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

Background

It has been proposed that a greater degree of adherence to a healthy dietary pattern is associated with a lower risk of depression and a poor quality of life (QoL). The Lifelines diet score (LLDS) is a new, evidence-base scoring system to define the quality of diet. We designed a cross-sectional study to investigate the association between LLDS with depression and QoL in Iranian adolescent girls.

Methods

A total of 733 female adolescents were recruited from Mashhad and Sabzevar cities, Iran. Depression and QoL were assessed utilizing the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and SF-12v2 questionnaires, respectively. The LLDS was defined by dividing intakes of 12 food groups with negative or positive health effects into quintiles ranging 12 to 60 points. To explore the association between LLDS with QoL and depression, logistic regression was used in crude and adjusted models.

Results

The prevalence of depression and poor QoL was 24% and 49%, respectively. After adjusting for confounding factors, adolescent girls in the highest quartile of LLDS compared with the participants in the lowest quartile had a 42% lower probability of reporting depressive symptoms (OR: 0.58; 95% CI: 0.35–0.97, P = 0.03). In addition, the participants in the highest quartile of LLDS had lower odds of poor QoL compared with the subjects in the lowest quartile (OR: 0.65; 95% CI: 0.42–0.92, P = 0.04).

Conclusions

There is an inverse relationship between LLDS with risk of depression and poor QoL. Prospective and interventional investigations are needed to reach a clear vision.
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Metadata
Title
The association between lifelines diet score (LLDS) with depression and quality of life in Iranian adolescent girls
Authors
Zahra Darabi
Abbas Ali Sangouni
Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan
Gordon A. Ferns
Sayyed Saeid Khayyatzadeh
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Nutrition Journal / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1475-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12937-024-00913-9

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