A pilot study examining a ketogenic diet as an adjunct therapy in college students with major depressive disorder.

Transl Psychiatry · 2025 · PMC12420795 · PMID 40925905

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approached significancep = 0.057so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Post-intervention raw scores for the Dimensional Card Sort Test approached significance (−2%; p = 0.057), indicating a trend for improved cognitive flexibility and accuracy as well as faster response times.

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failed to reach significanceno p-value reported

HOMA-IR was reduced by 28% but failed to reach significance.

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