ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2017
Depressive symptoms, body composition and bone mass in young adults: a prospective cohort study.
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- The Association Between BMI and Depression Symptoms Among College Students: A Study Based on Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The interplay between depressive symptoms, body mass index change patterns in adulthood, and all-cause mortality risk: a population-based study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Association between Depressive Symptoms, Physical Activity, and Health Factors in Hispanic Emerging Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Non-melancholic depressive symptoms are associated with above average fat mass index in the Helsinki birth cohort study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Association of depression, anxiety and menopausal-related symptoms with demographic, anthropometric and body composition indices in healthy postmenopausal women.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- The association between fitness and obesity in diverse multi-ethnic college students.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2021Article
- Depressive symptoms are associated with salivary shedding of Epstein-Barr virus in female adolescents: The role of sex differences.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn association between depression and obesity is well recognised, but longitudinal studies of depressive symptoms in adolescents as a predictor of body composition are lacking.
objectiveWe examined depressive symptoms at age 14, 17 and 20 years as predictors of lean, fat and bone mass at age 20 years in a birth cohort. SUBJECTS/
methodsIn 1161 participants (569 females) in the Western Australia Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, depressive symptoms were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory for Youth at age 14 and 17 years, and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 at age 20 years. Participants were further classified into two trajectories using latent class analysis: no/transient and persistent/recurrent depression. At age 20 years, lean body mass (LBM), fat body mass (FBM) and total body bone mass were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
resultsIn females, accounting for age and lifestyle factors, depression scores at age 14 and 20 years were positively associated with body weight, body mass index (BMI), FBM and % FBM (r=0.110-0.184, P<0.05) but negatively correlated with % LBM (r=-0.120, P<0.05) at age 20 years. Females in the persistent/recurrent depression trajectory (n=99) had significantly higher body weight (+5.1 kg), BMI (+1.8 kg m
conclusionsDepressive symptoms and persistent/recurrent depression in adolescence are predictors of greater adiposity at age 20 years in females, but not males, but do not predict bone mass in either gender.
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