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Association between serum vitamin D and depressive symptoms in apparently healthy male adults undergoing routine health check-ups at a single centre

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2020

Sung Hoon Kim ,
Hae Jeong Lee ,
Chang Ho Chae ,
Seung Hyun Park  and
Jun Seok Son
Sung Hoon Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
Hae Jeong Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
Chang Ho Chae
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
Seung Hyun Park
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
Jun Seok Son
Affiliation:
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Abstract

Objective:

To determine the level of vitamin D and to identify the association between vitamin D and depressive symptoms in apparently healthy Korean male adults.

Design:

A retrospective study design. Among 43 513 participants between 1 March and 30 November 2018, after eliminating participants with a history of depression or vitamin D deficiency, 9058 were included. To determine the level of vitamin D, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] was measured. To assess the level of depression, the Korean version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was used.

Setting:

South Korea.

Participants:

Male adults who underwent routine health check-ups.

Results:

The average vitamin D level was 22·31 ± 7·09 ng/ml as 25(OH)D, while the number of subjects in the vitamin D insufficiency group with a finding of <20 ng/ml was 3783 (41·8 %). The mean CES-D score in all subjects was 8·31 ± 5·97 points, and the proportion of the depressive symptoms group with a score of ≥16 was 8·71 %. The OR of patients in the depressive symptoms group also being in the insufficiency group was found to be 1·49 (95 % CI 1·12, 2·00).

Conclusions:

A total of 41·8 % of apparently healthy male adults had vitamin D levels <20 ng/ml. We identified an association between vitamin D insufficiency and depressive symptoms in apparently healthy Korean male adults.

Keywords

Vitamin D Depression Male adult Routine health check-ups
Type
Research paper
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 23 , Issue 14 , October 2020 , pp. 2530 - 2538
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© The Authors 2020

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S.H. Kim and H.J. Lee equally contributed to this study.

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