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So we conduct this prospective cohort study to investigate the association between dietary biotin intake and anxiety and depression, evaluate their dose\u2013response relationship and the mediating role of inflammation in this process.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 144,439 UK Biobank participants without baseline anxiety or depression were included. Dietary biotin intake was derived from the 24-h Oxford WebQ data, and anxiety and depression were defined in accordance with the ICD-10 criteria. Cox proportional hazards models and restricted cubic splines (RCS) were used to evaluate longitudinal associations. The Karlson-Holm-Breen method was used to examine the mediating effect of inflammation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 144,439 participants were included in this study with a median follow-up of 14.06\u202fyears. Compared to Q1 group, dietary biotin intake was associated with a reduced risk of anxiety or depression (HR: 0.86 [0.82, 0.91] for Q2; HR: 0.84 [0.79, 0.88] for Q3; HR: 0.86 [0.81, 0.91] for Q4). Similar results were also found in anxiety, depression, and their comorbidity. RCS existed an approximately \u201cL-shaped\u201d dose\u2013response relationship between biotin and both anxiety and depression. Except for depression and comorbidity, both single mediating indicators and composite mediating indicators played a partial mediating role in the course of this.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dietary biotin intake exhibited an approximately L-shaped nonlinear relationship with anxiety and depression risk, where risk decreased with increasing intake up to a moderate threshold, beyond which no further reduction was observed. 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