The Association between Dietary Intake of Folate and Physical Activity with Psychological Dimensions of Depressive Symptoms among Students from Iran

Table 5

The association between DRI of vitamin B₉ and physical activity and psychological dimensions of depression in a regression model.

Variables

Depressive affect

Disturbed positive affect

Somatic complaints

Interpersonal difficulties

𝛽

𝑡

𝑝

𝛽

𝑡

𝑝

𝛽

𝑡

𝑝

𝛽

𝑡

𝑝

Vitamin B9

−0.13

2.48

0.014

−0.07

1.18

0.239

−0.08

1.40

0.163

−0.21

3.83

≤0.001

Physical activity

−0.22

4.51

≤0.001

−0.12

2.43

0.016

−0.19

3.74

≤0.001

−0.10

1.95

0.052

Adjusted for sex (male, female), age (continuous), BMI (continuous), monthly expenses (continuous), close friends (continuous), living in campus (yes versus no), smoking (yes versus no), education (continuous), marital status (yes versus no), vitamin B₆ (continuous), vitamin B₁₂ (continuous), vitamin B₉ (≥DRI versus <DRI), and physical activity (≥moderate versus low).