Table 3.
Adjusted relative risk of future depressive symptoms associated with obesity
| Risk ratio (99% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Women and men | Women | Men | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| All races/ethnicities | |||
| Normal weight | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overweight | 1.14 (0.88–1.50) | 1.25 (0.91–1.72) | 0.99 (0.65–1.51) |
| Obese | 1.20 (0.91–1.60) | 1.22 (0.90–1.67) | 1.01 (0.58–1.76) |
| White | |||
| Normal weight | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overweight | 1.24 (0.89–1.72) | 1.26 (0.84–1.87) | 1.19 (0.69–2.06) |
| Obese | 1.20 (0.82–1.77) | 1.15 (0.76–1.74) | 1.18 (0.56–2.47) |
| Hispanic | |||
| Normal weight | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overweight | 1.45 (0.81–2.59) | 1.92 (1.06–3.51)* | 0.84 (0.37–1.90) |
| Obese | 1.73 (0.97–3.08) | 1.81 (0.97–3.40) | 0.93 (0.35–2.49) |
| Black | |||
| Normal weight | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Overweight | 0.81 (0.55–1.19) | 1.05 (0.65–1.70) | 0.51 (0.27–0.95)* |
| Obese | 1.09 (0.75–1.57) | 1.30 (0.83–2.05) | 0.67 (0.33–1.37) |
Models adjusted for age, baseline depressive symptoms, sex (in analyses not stratified by sex), ever-smoked, current smoking, race/ethnicity (in analyses not stratified by race/ethnicity), education, marital status, alcohol use, health limitations, and family income-to-poverty ratio.
CI, confidence interval.
*
P < 0.01.