Table 2.

Changes in CESD Scores Over Three Years

	Mean	SD	Median	Min	Max	P within person change in CESD*	P change in CESD across pairsψ
Change from Year 0 to Year 2
Severely Obese	3.9	11.3	2.5	−16	28	0.07	0.024
Normal Weight	2.2	8.0	2.4	−12	21	0.10
Change from Year 2 to Year 3
Severely Obese	−8.5	9.8	−6.5	−38	10	<0.001	0.79
Normal Weight	−7.8	8.2	−6.0	−23	5	<0.001

^*p value derived from Wilcoxon Signed Rank test comparing within person change across Years.

^ψp value derived from Wilcoxon Signed Rank test of severely obese and normal weight age, race and sex matched pairs