Socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with depressive tendencies in general Japanese men and women: NIPPON DATA2010.

Harumitsu Suzuki; Aya Kadota; Nagako Okuda; Takehito Hayakawa; Nobuo Nishi; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Hisatomi Arima; Naoko Miyagawa; Atsushi Satoh; Naomi Miyamatsu; Masahiko Yanagita; Hiroshi Yatsuya; Zentaro Yamagata; Takayoshi Ohkubo; Tomonori Okamura; Hirotsugu Ueshima; Akira Okayama; Katsuyuki Miura; Nippon Data2010 Research Group

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Socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with depressive tendencies in general Japanese men and women: NIPPON DATA2010.

Author: Harumitsu SUZUKI ¹ ; Aya KADOTA ¹ ; Nagako OKUDA ² ; Takehito HAYAKAWA ³ ; Nobuo NISHI ⁴ ; Yasuyuki NAKAMURA ⁵ ; Hisatomi ARIMA ⁶ ; Naoko MIYAGAWA ⁴ ; Atsushi SATOH ⁶ ; Naomi MIYAMATSU ⁷ ; Masahiko YANAGITA ⁸ ; Hiroshi YATSUYA ⁹ ; Zentaro YAMAGATA ¹⁰ ; Takayoshi OHKUBO ¹¹ ; Tomonori OKAMURA ¹² ; Hirotsugu UESHIMA ¹ ; Akira OKAYAMA ¹³ ; Katsuyuki MIURA ¹⁴ ; NIPPON DATA2010 Research Group
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1. Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa-cho, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan.
2. Department of Health and Nutrition, University of Human Arts and Sciences, Saitama, Japan.
3. The Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
4. International Center for Nutrition and Information, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Tokyo, Japan.
5. Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition, Ryukoku University, Otsu, Japan.
6. Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
7. Department of Clinical Nursing, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
8. Department of Health and Sports Science, Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Japan.
9. Department of Public Health, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Japan.
10. Department of Health Sciences, Yamanashi University, Kofu, Japan.
11. Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
12. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
13. Research Institute of Strategy for Prevention, Tokyo, Japan.
14. Center for Epidemiologic Research in Asia, Shiga University of Medical Science, Tsukinowa-cho, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan. miura@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp.
Collective Name:NIPPON DATA2010 Research Group
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Depression; Gender; Japanese; Lifestyle; Social psychiatry; Socioeconomic factors
MeSH: Adult; Aged; Community Psychiatry; statistics & numerical data; trends; Depression; epidemiology; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Japan; epidemiology; Life Style; Male; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors
From:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine 2019;24(1):37-37
CountryJapan
Language:English
Abstract: BACKGROUND:The gender-specific characteristics of individuals at an increased risk of developing depression currently remain unclear despite a higher prevalence of depression in women than in men. This study clarified socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with an increased risk of subclinical depression in general Japanese men and women.
METHODS:Study participants were residents not receiving psychiatric treatments in 300 sites throughout Japan in 2010 (1152 men, 1529 women). Multivariable-adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) for socioeconomic factors and lifestyle factors were calculated using a logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS:Risk of depressive tendencies was significantly higher in men who were single and living alone (OR, 3.27; 95% CI, 1.56-6.88) than those married. The risk was significantly lower in women who were not working and aged ≥ 60 years (OR, 0.39; 95% CI, 0.22-0.68) and higher in men who were not working and aged < 60 years (OR, 3.57; 95%CI, 1.31-9.72) compared with those who were working. Current smoking was also associated with a significantly increased risk of depressive tendencies in women (OR, 2.96; 95% CI, 1.68-5.22) but not in men.
CONCLUSIONS:Socioeconomic and lifestyle factors were associated with an increased risk of depressive tendencies in general Japanese. Related factors were different by sex.