62060 20210121114505.0 doi 10.3305/nh.2015.31.3.8124 sideral 89685 ART-2015-89685 eng Ibarra, O. The Mediterranean diet and micronutrient levels in depressive patients 2015 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Introduction: An inverse association between depression and some serum micronutrient levels (selenium, zinc, iron, magnesium, vitamin B and folic acid) has been reported. In addition, other studies reported that this micronutrient supplementation may improve depressed mood. The Mediterranean diet contains a sufficient amount of the micronutrients mentioned, although no study has reported an association between diet prescription and increased levels of them in depressive patients. Objective: To examine the impact of dietary patterns recommendations on micronutrient levels in depressive patients. Methods: 77 outpatients were randomly assigned either to the active (hygienic-dietary recommendations on diet, exercise, sleep, and sun exposure) or control group. Outcome measures were assessed before and after the six month intervention period. Results: Serum selenium and zinc levels were slightly low at basal point and serum selenium was inversely correlated with severity of depression (r=-0.233; p=0.041). A better outcome of depressive symptoms was found in the active group. Nevertheless, no significant differences in micronutrient levels were observed after the Mediterranean diet pattern prescription, probably due to an insufficient adherence. Conclusion: Selenium, zinc, iron, magnesium, vitamin B12 and folic acid serum levels didn`t increase in depressed patients after six months of the Mediterranean diet pattern prescription. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 1.497 2015 NUTRITION & DIETETICS 60 / 80 = 0.75 2015 Q3 T3 0.404 2015 Nutrition and Dietetics 2015 Q3 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2015 Q3 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Gili, M. Roca, M. Vives, M. Serrano, M.J. Pareja, A. (orcid)0000-0002-3797-4218 Garcia-Campayo, J. Universidad de Zaragoza Gomez-Juanes, R. Garcia-Toro, M. 1007 745 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm. Area Psiquiatría 31, 3 (2015), 1171-1175 Nutr. hosp. Nutricion Hospitalaria 0212-1611 316325 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/62060/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 103484 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/62060/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:62060 articulos driver 2021-01-21-10:53:51 ARTICLE