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Table 2 Association between childhood BMI with late-life depressive symptoms1 in an Icelandic population (N = 889)

From: Childhood overweight and obesity and the risk of depression across the lifespan

 

Late-life depressive symptoms (cases/n)

Model 12

Model 23

Model 34

Odds Ratio 95% CI

P-value

Odds Ratio 95% CI

P-value

Odds Ratio 95% CI

P-value

Continuous BMI

 BMI age 8 (kg/m2)

69/664

0.99

(0.81–1.21)

0.91

0.98

(0.79–1.20)

0.81

0.97

(0.78–1.20)

0.76

 BMI age 13 (kg/m2)

84/711

0.94

(0.84–1.06)

0.31

0.95

(0.85–1.07)

0.43

0.95

(0.83–1.07)

0.37

BMI categories

 Normal or underweight age 8

66/641

1.00

(reference)

 

1.00

(reference)

 

1.00

(reference)

 

 Obese or overweight age 8

3/23

1.12

(0.32–3.90)

0.86

0.95

(0.26–3.52)

0.94

0.95

(0.25–3.49)

0.93

 Normal or underweight age 13

82/685

1.00

(reference)

 

1.00

(reference)

 

1.00

(reference)

 

 Obese or overweight age 13

2/26

0.59

(0.14–2.53)

0.47

0.61

(0.13–2.72)

0.51

0.59

(0.13–2.65)

0.49

  1. BMI Body mass index, GDS Geriatric depression scale, CI Confidence intervals.
  2. 1 GDS score ≥ 5 measured at age ~ 75 y
  3. 2 Model 1 = adjusted for sex
  4. 3 Model 2 = Model 1 + education, physical activity, smoking status and alcohol use at late-life
  5. 4 Model 3 = Model 2 + BMI at late-life