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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Jan 8;17(3):539–544. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.587

Table 4.

Multinomial logistic regression models of the association between ADHD and overweight and obesity, adjusting for major depressive disorder and BED*

Overweight (vs. normal) Obese (vs. normal)
Depression Adjusted Model+
Odds Ratio (95% CI) Odds Ratio (95% CI)
ADHD
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Childhood 1.17 (0.75, 1.84) 1.14 (0.68, 1.89)
 Adult 1.58 (1.00, 2.48) 1.70 (1.12, 2.56)
Major Depressive Disorder
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Lifetime 1.04 (0.74, 1.47) 1.23 (0.95, 1.59)
 Past 12 months 1.06 (0.82, 1.36) 1.30 (1.02, 1.67)
BED Adjusted Model+#
ADHD
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Childhood 0.88 (0.51, 1.51) 1.05 (0.54, 1.84)
 Adult 1.05 (0.54 2.05) 1.41 (0.76, 2.52)
BED
 Never 1.0 1.0
 Lifetime 1.62 (0.88, 2.96) 1.43 (0.85, 2.42)
 Past 12 months 1.54 (0.62, 3.82) 2.89 (1.21, 6.92)
*

Data weighted to account for complex sampling frame and to represent U.S. adult population.

+

Also adjusted for demographics and smoking status.

#

n=5,215