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Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Psychiatry Open Sci Educ Pract. 2025 Nov 26;8:63–74. doi: 10.1016/j.osep.2025.10.002

TABLE 2.

Logistic Regression of Depression at Baseline and 3-Year Follow-Up With Obesity at Baseline as Exposure

Variables	Crude and Adjusted OR (95%CI)
Variables	Sample With Depressive Symptoms at Baseline^a (N = 94,152)	Sample With Depressive Symptoms at 3-Year Follow-Up^a (N = 81,825)
	Crude	Crude
Obesity at baseline	1.59 (1.53,1.66)	1.39 (1.32,1.46)
	Minimally adjusted^b	Minimally adjusted^c
Obesity at baseline	1.48 (1.42,1.55)	1.32 (1.24,1.39)
	Further adjusted^d	Further adjusted^e
Obesity at baseline	1.34 (1.28,1.41)	1.26 (1.19,1.34)

Note. OR: odds ratio.

Determined by the Burnam screening instrument (≥0.06 indicates depressive symptoms).

Age, race, ethnicity, and years since menopause were included in the models.

Depressive symptoms at baseline, age, race, ethnicity, and years since menopause were included in the models.

Age, race, ethnicity, years since menopause, marital status, education, employment status, and family income were included in the models.

Depressive symptoms at baseline, age, race, ethnicity, years since menopause, marital status, education, employment status, and family income were included in the models.