TY - JOUR
T1 - Metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women
AU - Kimura, Yasumi
AU - Matsushita, Yumi
AU - Nanri, Akiko
AU - Mizoue, Tetsuya
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors thank Tamami Hatano, Akihiko Tanaka, and Yuko Ejima (Kyushu University); Mio Ozawa (Fukuoka Women’s University); Akiko Hayashi and Kie Nagao (International Medical Center of Japan) for their help in data collection. This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (18590601) and (B) (21390213) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Objectives: Evidence is limited on the relation between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms in a Japanese working population. Methods: The study subjects comprised 458 municipal employees (age range 21-67 years) from two municipal offices in Japan. A modified version of the criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III was used to define metabolic syndrome. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Results: Depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 16) in both the male and female subjects were not significantly associated with metabolic syndrome nor with each component of metabolic syndrome. In men, high fasting glucose was associated with increased prevalence of severe depressive state (CES-D ≥ 23). Conclusions: Metabolic syndrome may not be associated with depressive status among Japanese employees.
AB - Objectives: Evidence is limited on the relation between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the association between metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms in a Japanese working population. Methods: The study subjects comprised 458 municipal employees (age range 21-67 years) from two municipal offices in Japan. A modified version of the criteria of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III was used to define metabolic syndrome. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. Results: Depressive symptoms (CES-D ≥ 16) in both the male and female subjects were not significantly associated with metabolic syndrome nor with each component of metabolic syndrome. In men, high fasting glucose was associated with increased prevalence of severe depressive state (CES-D ≥ 23). Conclusions: Metabolic syndrome may not be associated with depressive status among Japanese employees.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12199-011-0206-1
DO - 10.1007/s12199-011-0206-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 21431810
AN - SCOPUS:83555172469
SN - 1342-078X
VL - 16
SP - 363
EP - 368
JO - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
JF - Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
IS - 6
ER -
