Negative Association between Serum Vitamin D Levels and Depression in a Young Adult US Population: A Cross-Sectional Study of NHANES 2007-2018

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 15; no. 13; p. 2947
• Main Authors: Ma, Jiwen, Li, Ka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.06.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Alfacalcidol; American adults; Analysis; Biomarkers; Calcifediol; Calciferol; Cross-Sectional Studies; cross-sectional study; Curve fitting; depression; Depression - epidemiology; Family income; Gender; Health surveys; Hispanic people; Humans; Marital status; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; NHANES; Nutrition Surveys; Population studies; Psychological aspects; Questionnaires; serum vitamin D; Subgroups; Teenagers; United States - epidemiology; Vitamin D; Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology; Vitamin deficiency; Vitamins; Young Adult; Young adults; Youth; United States; United States > US; NHANES; cross-sectional study; American adults; depression; serum vitamin D

Vitamin D has been suggested to play a role in the development of depression, but the nature of the relationship between the two is still not fully understood. Although some studies have shown an association between vitamin D deficiency and depression, others have yielded inconsistent or inconclusiv...