@article{ref1,
title="Association between Omega Fatty Acid Intake and Suicidality : Sex Differences in the General Korean Population",
journal="Korean journal of psychosomatic medicine",
year="2019",
author="Hur, Yang-Im and Lee, Jung-Hyun",
volume="",
number="",
pages="181-190",
abstract="OBJECTIVES@#Epidemiological studies in other countries show that a low intake of omega-3 fatty acids (FAs) increases the risk of depression or suicidality. However, no studies have investigated the associations of suicidality with omega-3 FAs in Korea. Hence, this cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the effects of omega FAs on suicidality in the general South Korean population.@*METHODS@#The data in this study were sourced from adults (n=215,860) who completed the Sixth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VI), and the associations between omega FAs and suicidality were analyzed using multivariate logistic regressions.@*RESULTS@#Our results demonstrated that high omega-3 FA intake was associated with a decreased risk of suicide (OR=0.83, 95% CI : 0.71â€&quot;0.98) and the high omega-6 to omega-3 FA ratio was associated with an increased risk of suicide (OR=1.25, 95% CI : 1.02â€&quot;1.54). Additionally, a high intake of omega-3 FAs was associated with a decreased risk of suicide in men, but not in women (OR=0.72, 95% CI : 0.59â€&quot;0.88).@*CONCLUSIONS@#Overall, our findings suggest that a lower intake of omega-3 FA is associated with the increased risk of suicidality in the general Korean population, especially in men.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1225-6471",
doi="10.22722/KJPM.2019.27.2.181",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.22722/KJPM.2019.27.2.181"
}