@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal associations of obesity with affective disorders and suicidality in the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area Follow-up Study",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2014",
author="Henriksen, Christine A. and Mather, Amber A. and Mackenzie, Corey S. and Bienvenu, Oscar Joseph and Sareen, Jitender",
volume="202",
number="5",
pages="379-385",
abstract="Our aim was to examine the longitudinal associations between obesity and mental health variables (psychiatric diagnoses and suicidal behaviors). Data were from waves 3 and 4 of the Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study (N = 1071). Participants were aged 30 to 86 years at wave 3 (mean, 47.6 years; SD, 12.8). The prevalence of obesity increased from 27.6% to 39.1% during the follow-up. Logistic regression analyses revealed no associations between baseline obesity and onset of mental disorders or suicidal behaviors between waves 3 and 4 in fully adjusted models; however, baseline obesity predicted new-onset suicide attempts in models adjusted for sociodemographics and mental disorders. Baseline depression predicted weight gain during the 11-year follow-up period (F = 4.014, p < 0.05), even after controlling for important confounders. Overall, most mental health variables were not associated with obesity, suggesting that clinicians and others should be wary of &quot;weight-ism&quot; and avoid making the assumption that higher body weight relates to mental health problems.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0000000000000135",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000135"
}