TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The pervasive effect of youth self-report of hunger on depression over 6 years of follow up
JO  - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
A1  - McIntyre, Lynn
A1  - Wu, Xiuyun
A1  - Kwok, Cynthia
A1  - Patten, Scott B.
SP  - 537
EP  - 547
VL  - 52
IS  - 5
N2  - PURPOSE: We used longitudinal data to clarify the association between self-report of hunger and subsequent depression risk among youth and young adults, accounting for other risk factors. <br><br>METHODS: Youth self-report of ever experiencing hunger data were collected from cycles 4-6 of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth cohort of Canadian youth 16 years and older (n = 4139). Data on depressive symptoms (CES-D 12) were collected over three cycles (2004-2009, cycles 6-8). We used multivariable regression based on generalized estimating equations (GEE) to examine prior youth hunger on later depression risk, adjusting for time-stable, time-varying, and lagged variables (e.g., depressive symptoms in previous cycle), thereby clarifying the temporal relationship. <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of youth hunger experience and depression risk reached 5.9 and 15.0%, respectively. The adjusted odds ratio of depression for participants reporting hunger was 2.31 (95% CI 1.54, 3.46) and changed little [2.17 (95% CI 1.29, 3.67)] after accounting for previous CES-D 12 scores, suggesting a temporal relationship in which hunger contributes to depression risk. Unlike never-hungry youth, depression in ever-hungry youth remained comparatively elevated over time. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Our models support an independent and temporal relationship between youth self-report of hunger and depression in adolescence and young adulthood.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0933-7954
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1361-5
ID  - ref1
ER  -