Dietary intake of fish, omega-3, omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin D and the prevalence of psychotic-like symptoms in a cohort of 33 000 women from the general population

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Elisabete Weiderpass¹  Marie Löf²  Marita Olsson³  Tommy Lewander⁴  Björn Nilsson⁴  Maria Hedelin⁵  Christina M Hultman⁶ 

[1] Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Samfundet Folkhälsan, Helsinki, Finland;Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, and Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway;Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Ulleråker, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Ulleråker, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Samfundet Folkhälsan, Helsinki, Finland;Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Ulleråker, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: Schizophrenia;    Dietary Intake;    Psychotic Symptom;    Fish Intake;    Relative Risk Ratio;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-10-38

 received in 2009-12-04, accepted in 2010-05-26,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLow intake of fish, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and vitamin D deficiency has been suggested to play a role in the development of schizophrenia. Our aim was to evaluate the association between the intake of different fish species, PUFA and vitamin D and the prevalence of psychotic-like symptoms in a population-based study among Swedish women.MethodsDietary intake was estimated using a food frequency questionnaire among 33 623 women aged 30-49 years at enrolment (1991/92). Information on psychotic-like symptoms was derived from a follow-up questionnaire in the years 2002/03. Participants were classified into three predefined levels: low, middle and high frequency of symptoms. The association between diet and psychotic-like symptoms was summarized in terms of relative risks (RR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals and was evaluated by energy-adjusted multinomial logistic regression.Results18 411 women were classified as having a low level of psychotic-like symptoms, 14 395 as middle and 817 as having a high level. The risk of high level symptoms was 53% (95% CI, 30-69%) lower among women who ate fish 3-4 times per week compared to women who never ate fish. The risk was also lower for women with a high intake of omega-3 and omega-6 PUFA compared to women with a lower intake of these fatty acids. The effect was most pronounced for omega-6 PUFAs. The RR comparing the highest to the lowest quartile of omega-6 PUFAs intake was 0.78 (95% CI, 0.64-0.97). The associations were J-shaped with the strongest reduced risk for an intermediate intake of fish or PUFA. For fatty fish (herring/mackerel, salmon-type fish), the strongest inverse association was found for an intermediate intake (RR: 0.81, 95% CI, 0.66-0.98), whereas a high intake of fatty fish was associated with an increased risk of psychotic-like symptoms (RR: 1.90, 95% CI, 1.34-2.70). Women in the highest compared with the lowest quartile of vitamin D consumption experienced a 37% (95% CI, 22-50%) lower risk of psychotic-like symptoms.ConclusionOur findings raise a possibility that adult women with a high intake of fish, omega-3 or omega-6 PUFA and vitamin D have a lower rate of psychotic-like symptoms.

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