William W Lewis-de Los Angeles1, Richard T Liu. 1. From the Department of Pediatrics (Lewis-de los Angeles), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence; Department of Pediatrics, Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital (Lewis-de los Angeles), Riverside, Rhode Island; Department of Psychiatry (Liu), Harvard Medical School; and Department of Psychiatry (Liu), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate whether a history of depression or self-injurious thoughts and behaviors predict elevated body mass index (BMI) and elevated waist-to-height ratio in preadolescents. METHODS: Baseline data were evaluated from a large, nationally representative cohort study of 9- and 10-year-old children (unweighted n = 11,875), the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study. RESULTS: In the weighted sample, 10.6% of children had a history of depression, 7.0% had engaged in nonsuicidal self-injury, 13.1% had experienced suicidal ideation in their lifetime, and 1.1% had a history of attempted suicide. Among the children, 34.1% had an elevated BMI in the overweight or obese range and 31.9% had a waist-to-height ratio >0.5. In multivariate analyses, history of depression was associated with elevated BMI and waist-to-height ratio. Furthermore, interactions with sex were found; girls with a history of depression were more likely to have an elevated BMI (odds ratio = 1.47, 95% confidence interval = 1.24-1.74) and elevated waist-to-height ratio (odds ratio = 1.48, 95% confidence interval = 1.18-1.86) than girls without a history of depression, but no differences were observed between boys with and without a history of depression. Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors were not associated with elevated BMI or elevated waist-to-height. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, 9- and 10-year-old girls with a history of depression were more likely to have an elevated BMI and elevated waist-to-height ratio than girls with no history of depression. These results provide important clinical context in caring for preadolescents with a history of depression.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate whether a history of depression or self-injurious thoughts and behaviors predict elevated body mass index (BMI) and elevated waist-to-height ratio in preadolescents. METHODS: Baseline data were evaluated from a large, nationally representative cohort study of 9- and 10-year-old children (unweighted n = 11,875), the Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development study. RESULTS: In the weighted sample, 10.6% of children had a history of depression, 7.0% had engaged in nonsuicidal self-injury, 13.1% had experienced suicidal ideation in their lifetime, and 1.1% had a history of attempted suicide. Among the children, 34.1% had an elevated BMI in the overweight or obese range and 31.9% had a waist-to-height ratio >0.5. In multivariate analyses, history of depression was associated with elevated BMI and waist-to-height ratio. Furthermore, interactions with sex were found; girls with a history of depression were more likely to have an elevated BMI (odds ratio = 1.47, 95% confidence interval = 1.24-1.74) and elevated waist-to-height ratio (odds ratio = 1.48, 95% confidence interval = 1.18-1.86) than girls without a history of depression, but no differences were observed between boys with and without a history of depression. Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors were not associated with elevated BMI or elevated waist-to-height. CONCLUSIONS: In this study, 9- and 10-year-old girls with a history of depression were more likely to have an elevated BMI and elevated waist-to-height ratio than girls with no history of depression. These results provide important clinical context in caring for preadolescents with a history of depression.
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