Table 2

Baseline daily food consumption and nutrient intake of subjects self-reporting depression, anxiety or insomnia, and all three or none of the symptoms.

Depressed mood

(n = 4314)

Anxiety

(n = 6498)

Insomnia

(n = 5550)

All three symptoms

(n = 1670)

No symptoms

(n = 19116)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Fish (g)

39.3

30.2

39.9

30.2

40.1

30.3

40.3

32.9

39.3

29.8

Milk (g)

212

315

203

316

226

321

219

325

220

322

Coffee (ml)

595

374

601

372

567

364

583

382

609

349

Meat (g)

78.0

38.4

80.2

38.8

77.6

38.6

78.0

37.8

78.6

37.2

Vegetables (g)

256

103

264

104

253

104

255

106

263

101

Margarine (g)

11.5

21.1

11.5

20.8

10.7

20.3

11.8

21.3

10.2

19.8

Carbohydrate (g)

308

97.7

309

96.8

300

96.7

304

97.6

303

94.0

Protein (g)

105

30.6

105

30.2

103

31.2

105

31.6

103

28.9

Fat (g)

125

41.8

125

41.8

123

42.2

125

43.4

122

40.6

Sugar (g)

38.5

27.5

38.3

28.0

36.9

26.7

37.7

27.6

38.1

26.5

Lysine (g)

6.42

1.97

6.44

1.95

6.37

2.01

6.44

2.04

6.30

1.86

Serine (g)

4.12

1.31

4.27

1.30

4.22

1.33

4.28

1.35

4.18

1.24

Tryptophan (g)

1.28

0.38

1.29

0.38

1.27

0.39

1.29

0.40

1.26

0.36

Omega-3 fatty acids (total) (g)

2.21

0.93

2.24

0.92

2.16

0.92

2.23

0.97

2.14

0.87

Omega-3 fatty acids (from fish) (g)

0.47

0.28

0.48

0.29

0.48

2.89

0.49

0.30

0.46

0.28

Omega-3 fatty acids (from vegetables) (g)

1.77

0.82

1.79

0.80

1.70

0.80

1.77

0.86

1.70

0.77

Omega-6 fatty acids (g)

10.12

6.82

10.14

6.70

9.70

6.65

10.17

7.05

9.44

6.31

Omega-6/omega-3 ratio

4.47

2.00

4.45

2.01

4.41

2.03

4.50

2.30

4.34

1.85

Folic acid (μg)

342

106

344

105

335

106

340

107

336

103

Vitamin D (μg)

5.59

3.21

5.65

3.18

5.60

3.18

5.72

3.23

5.45

3.08

Hakkarainen et al. Nutrition Journal 2004 3:14   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-3-14