Prospective associations between vitamin D and depression in middle-aged adults: findings from the UK Biobank cohort.

CONCLUSIONS: The prospective associations found between vitamin D status and depression suggest that both vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency might be risk factors for the development of new-onset depression in middle-aged adults. Moreover, vitamin D deficiency (and to a lesser extent insufficiency) might be a predictor of sustained depressive symptoms in those who are already depressed. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency is very common, meaning that these findings have significant implications for public health.
PMID: 33081855 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - October 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ronaldson A, Arias de la Torre J, Gaughran F, Bakolis I, Hatch SL, Hotopf M, Dregan A Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research