Bidirectional associations and a causal mediation analysis between depressive symptoms and chronic digestive diseases: A longitudinal investigation

Chronic digestive diseases (CDDs) and depression shared major pathogeneses. We aimed to prospectively examine the bidirectional incidence associations between depressive symptoms and CDDs and explore biologically and behaviorally relevant mediators in the bidirectional associations. Multivariable-ad...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of affective disorders 2023-07, Vol.333, p.278-289
Hauptverfasser: Zheng, Jiali, Li, Jingmeng, Pei, Tianduo, Zhu, Tianren, Li, Xiaoguang, Wang, Hui
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Zusammenfassung:Chronic digestive diseases (CDDs) and depression shared major pathogeneses. We aimed to prospectively examine the bidirectional incidence associations between depressive symptoms and CDDs and explore biologically and behaviorally relevant mediators in the bidirectional associations. Multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine baseline depressive symptoms in relation to incident CDDs among 10,974 adults and the relation of baseline CDDs with new-onset elevated depressive symptoms among 7489 participants in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study of nationally representative middle-aged and older adults. Elevated depressive symptoms were defined as the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CES-D-10) score at or higher than 10 and CDDs (except for tumor and cancer) were determined by self-reported physician diagnoses. Causal mediation analysis was performed to assess the mediated effects of a priori selected blood biomarkers and lifestyle factors in the bidirectional associations. Prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms and nonmalignant CDDs at baseline was 33.05 % and 17.8 % respectively. During a mean of 5.47 years of follow-up, elevated depressive symptoms significantly increased hazard of CDDs by 1.66 folds (95%CI = 1.49–1.84). Having CDDs at baseline was associated with a 27 % (95%CI = 16 %–39 %) increased hazard of developing elevated depressive symptoms. Shorter sleeping duration at night nominally significantly mediated 8.76 % of the association between depressive symptoms and incident CDDs while no significant mediators were identified in the converse association. Limited mediator information and inadequately long follow-up may reduce chance of identifying significant mediators. Depressive symptoms and CDDs were mutual independent risk factors. Early screening and management of depressive symptoms and sleep disturbance are suggested in the prevention of CDDs and related comorbidities. •Research advances in brain-gut axis suggested a bidirectional association between depression and chronic digestive diseases.•Prospective bidirectional associations between depression and chronic digestive diseases were examined in Chinese adults•Depression and chronic digestive diseases were mutually independent risk factors•Shorter sleeping duration at night mediated 8.8% of association between depression and incident digestive diseases.
ISSN:0165-0327
1573-2517
DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2023.04.025