1. Association between lifestyle factors and mental health in apparently healthy young men.
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Feng Y, Jia Y, Jiang J, Wang R, Liu C, Liu W, and Wang R
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- Cross-Sectional Studies, Sedentary Behavior, Body Composition, Depression psychology, Healthy Volunteers psychology, Humans, Male, Young Adult, Adult, Muscle Strength physiology, Time, Life Style, Mental Health
- Abstract
Objective: The study aims to explore the relationship between modifiable lifestyle factors (physical activity, sedentary time, body composition, muscle strength) and mental health, and predict future changes in mental health., Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 133 men (age: 29.03 ± 6.605 years, BMI: 23.58 ± 2.688 kg/m²) to assess baseline body composition, muscle strength, sedentary time, and mental health, with follow-up at 3 months. F-tests were employed to compare the differences in mental health on sedentary time and body composition variables. Spearman correlation analysis was used to examine correlations between variables., Results: Spearman's correlation analysis showed that sedentary time, muscle strength and mental health of the subjects were significantly correlated. BMI, BFM, BFMI, PBF were higher in subjects with ≥ 4 h of sedentary time than in the other two shorter sedentary time groups. Subjects with higher PBF (p = 0.047, η
2 = 0.030) and BFM (p = 0.032, η2 = 0.035) had severer depression. Subjects who sat for ≥ 4 h at a time were more severely depressed than those who sat for 2-4 h (p = 0.020). Change in depression was significantly negatively correlated with BMI, BFM, BFMI and PBF. Subjects with higher PBF (p = 0.023, η2 = 0.050) and BFM (p = 0.005, η2 = 0.075) at the baseline had less change in depression., Conclusion: A Significant correlation was found between sedentary time, body composition and mental health, and baseline body composition predicted changes in mood three months later., (© 2024. The Author(s).)- Published
- 2024
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