The association between dietary patterns and mental health among college student in China

Abstract

Objective To investigate the dietary pattern of college students and the relationship between the mental health. Methods Stratified cluster random sampling method, using food frequency table, the international physical activity questionnaire, symptom self-assessment scale SCL-90, with four universities of HuaiNan city, the questionnaire survey to 2 000 college students were collected 1 928 valid questionnaires. Using factor analysis and the multi-factor logistic regression model to analyze the data. Results The college students of four major dietary patterns were T1 (intake more flour products, Cereals, meat, animal liver, fish and shrimp, seaweed / fish / seaweed and other sea products, hamburgers and fried foods, preserved foods, nuts, sugar, Coffee), T2(intake more pork, beef and mutton, poultry meat, animal liver, eggs, fish, kelp / fish / seaweed and other marine products), T3(intake more rice products, and products, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, meat, eggs), T4(intake more eggs, salted products, hamburgers and fried food, snacks, cola, Sprite, sugar) respectively. After adjusted the confounding factors, high T4 dietary intake patterns of college students suffered from anxiety, depression, paranoid riskier (OR=1.62, 95% CI: 1.28-2.04.OR=2.92, 95%CI: 1.03-7.68.OR=1.57, 95%CI: 1.28-1.96.all P<0.05); Compared with T4 dietary patterns, consume more intake T1 type also had a higher risk of anxiety, depression, paranoid (OR=1.32, 95%CI: 1.09-1.67.OR=1.35, 95%CI: 1.09-1.68.OR=1.32, 95%CI: 1.13-1.76.all P<0.05); And dietary pattern of the higher intake of T2 dietary pattern only increased the danger of anxiety and paranoid happen (OR=1.34, 95%CI: 1.08-1.64.OR=1.28, 95%CI: 1.02-1.63.all P<0.05). The diet of T3 could reduce the risk of college students suffer from anxiety, depression, paranoid (OR=55, 95%CI: 0.43-0.69.OR=0.44, 95% CI: 0.32-0.63.OR=0.58, 95%CI: 0.44-0.80.all P<0.05). Conclusion The dietary pattern of college students and mental health are closely related. Key words: Dietary patterns; College students; Mental health