BACKGROUND: The effects of multivitamin exposure on depression among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have not been thoroughly explored. This study aimed to explore the effects of individual vitamin intakes and the joint effect of the intake of multiple vitamins (including vitamins A, B METHODS: A total of 3,123 participants with CKD (weighted RESULTS: The overall prevalence of depression was approximately 11.3% in the study participants. In the fully adjusted model, high intakes of vitamin A (OR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.40-0.74), vitamin B CONCLUSION: High intakes of vitamins A, B