Table 3.
Association between obesity and depressive symptom onset by sex based on baseline obesity status
| Characteristics | Female (N (%)) | P value | Male (N (%)) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No depressive symptoms | Depressive symptoms | No depressive symptoms | Depressive symptoms | |||
| Total | 959 (61.63) | 597 (38.37) | NA | 1306 (73.33) | 475 (26.67) | NA |
| general obesity (BMI) | ||||||
| Underweight | 33 (57.89) | 24 (42.11) | 0.899 | 53 (68.83) | 24 (31.17) | < 0.01 |
| Normal | 425 (61.41) | 267 (38.59) | 735 (70.74) | 304 (29.26) | ||
| Overweight | 341 (62.56) | 204 (37.44) | 380 (76.00) | 120 (24.00) | ||
| Obese | 160 (61.06) | 102 (38.94) | 138 (83.63) | 27 (16.37) | ||
| Abdominal obesity (WC) | ||||||
| Yes | 704 (61.43) | 442 (38.57) | 0.785 | 670 (76.22) | 209 (23.78) | < 0.01 |
| No | 255 (62.19) | 155 (37.81) | 636 (70.51) | 266 (29.49) | ||