Journal Article

Association between 29 food groups of diet quality questionnaire and perceived stress in Chinese adults: a prospective study from China health and nutrition survey

Wang, Huan, Pao, Christine, Zhou, Jingjing, Zhou, Jia, Zou, Zhiyong

2024

Overview

Purpose Diet plays a fundamental role in promoting resilience against stress-related disorders. We aimed to examine the overall and sex-specific association between food groups and perceived stress in adults. Methods We analyzed the prospective data of 7,434 adults who completed both the 2011 and 2015 surveys of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). The Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) was used to code all the food items of 2011 dietary intake into 29 food groups, and perceived stress in 2015 was measured using a 14-item perceived stress scale (PSS-14). Univariate analysis and logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between food groups and perceived stress. Results People who perceived a higher level of stress (PSS-14 total score > 25) made up 41.5% and 45.1% of the male and female groups, respectively (χ 2  = 9.605, p  = 0.002). Individuals with increased intake of food groups such as legumes, other vegetables, other fruits, yogurt, poultry, fish & seafood, fluid milk, and fruit juice were less likely to experience a higher level of psychological stress (OR range: 0.544–0.892, p  < 0.05). Additionally, we found sex-specific associations between food groups and perceived stress. The difference in the proportion of food groups, such as fluid milk and fish & seafood, between the two stress groups in men was statistically significant ( p  < 0.025). In the female group, the distribution of eight food groups, like legumes and nuts & seeds, between the two stress groups was statistically significant ( p  < 0.025). Conclusion This study indicated that food groups were differentially associated with perceived stress.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
• Subject: Adult / Adults / Aged / Analysis / Beans / Biostatistics / Care and treatment / China - epidemiology / Citrus / Citrus fruits / Diagnosis / Diet / Diet - psychology / Diet - statistics & numerical data / Diet quality questionnaire / Dietary intake / East Asian People / Environmental Health / Epidemiology / Female / Females / Fish / Food / Food groups / Food habits / Food intake / Food quality / Fruit juices / Fruits / Gender differences / Health aspects / Health surveys / Humans / Legumes / Male / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Mental depression / Mental disorders / Middle Aged / Milk / Mimosaceae / Nutrients / Nutrition research / Nutrition Surveys / Perceived stress / Post traumatic stress disorder / Prospective Studies / Psychological aspects / Psychological stress / Public Health / Questionnaires / Regression analysis / Regression models / Resilience (Psychology) / Risk perception / Seafood / Seeds / Sex / Statistical analysis / Stress (Psychology) / Stress, Psychological - epidemiology / Stress, Psychological - psychology / Surveys / Surveys and Questionnaires / Vaccine / Young Adult