Dietary sodium, table salt use, and specific depressive symptoms: cross-sectional associations in NHANES and an independent Chinese clinical cohort (opens in new tab)

BackgroundThe associations of dietary sodium intake and habitual table salt use with depressive symptoms may vary across symptom domains, but their relationships with specific depressive symptoms and potential non-linear patterns remain insufficiently understood. This study examined these associations in a US national sample and assessed whether directionally similar patterns could be observed in an independent Chinese clinical cohort.MethodsWe analyzed data from 23,753 adults in the NHANES (...