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- Title
Long-Term Consumption of Green Tea Can Reduce the Degree of Depression in Postmenopausal Women by Increasing Estradiol.
- Authors
Wan, Zhenyu; Qin, Xucong; Tian, Yuling; Ouyang, Fangcheng; Wang, Gaohua; Wan, Qirong
- Abstract
Postmenopausal women face a higher risk of depression due to a combination of social and physiological factors. As a beverage rich in a variety of bioactive substances, green tea has significant effects on metabolism, inflammation and endocrine, and may reduce the risk of depression, but few studies have looked at the effects of green tea on postmenopausal women. Therefore, we designed this study to investigate the effects of long-term green tea consumption on inflammation, endocrine and depression levels in postmenopausal women. We investigated a tea-producing village and eventually included 386 postmenopausal women, both in the tea drinking and control groups. The results showed that there were significant differences in the degree of insomnia, degree of depression, BMI, SII and estradiol between the two groups. And, green tea consumption may reduce the risk of depression through the mediating pathway of sleep, SII and estradiol. In summary, long-term green tea consumption can reduce the risk of depression in postmenopausal women by reducing inflammation and increasing estradiol. This kind of living habit deserves further promotion.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of mental depression; STATISTICS; CONFIDENCE intervals; DRINKING (Physiology); ESTRADIOL; INFLAMMATION; GREEN tea; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGY of women; CHI-squared test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; INSOMNIA; BODY mass index; DATA analysis software; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 21, p4514
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15214514