Vitamin D deficiency and depression in obese adults: a comparative observational study.

Leila Kamalzadeh Malihe Saghafi Seyede Salehe Mortazavi Atefeh Ghanbari Jolfaei

Published in: BMC psychiatry (2021)

The present study provides additional evidence for the hypothesis that low vitamin D serum concentration is associated with depression in obese adults, and highlights the need for further research to determine whether this association is causal.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
weight loss
depressive symptoms
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
sleep quality
obese patients
bariatric surgery