Table 2.
Weight status (BMI classification), weight perception (WP), and bullying victimization as predictors of depression, anxiety, and flourishing scores among girls in Year 7 (2018/19) of the COMPASS Study
| BMI | BMI + WP | BMI + WP + Bullying | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Est. | 95% CI | p-value | Est. | 95% CI | p-value | Est. | 95% CI | p-value | |
| DEPRESSION (CESD-10) | |||||||||
| BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 0.01 | −0.06, 0.08 | .7269 | −0.06 | − 0.13, 0.01 | .1183 | − 0.06 | − 0.12, 0.01 | .0885 |
| Overweight | 0.08 | 0.05, 0.11 | <.0001 | −0.02 | − 0.05, 0.01 | .2173 | − 0.02 | − 0.05, 0.01 | .1835 |
| Obesity | 0.21 | 0.17, 0.25 | <.0001 | 0.05 | 0.01, 0.10 | .0153 | 0.05 | 0.00, 0.09 | .0345 |
| Missing BMI | 0.08 | 0.06, 0.09 | <.0001 | 0.04 | 0.02, 0.05 | .0001 | 0.04 | 0.02, 0.06 | <.0001 |
| Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 0.19 | 0.15, 0.22 | <.0001 | 0.16 | 0.13, 0.19 | <.0001 | |||
| Overweight | 0.25 | 0.23, 0.28 | <.0001 | 0.24 | 0.22, 0.26 | <.0001 | |||
| Missing WP | 0.14 | 0.06, 0.22 | .0006 | 0.12 | 0.04, 0.20 | .0026 | |||
| Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes) | |||||||||
| No | −0.40 | −0.42, − 0.38 | <.0001 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.027 | 0.042 | 0.098 | ||||||
| ANXIETY (GAD-7) | |||||||||
| BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 0.05 | −0.04, 0.14 | .2614 | − 0.03 | − 0.12, 0.06 | .5555 | − 0.04 | − 0.12, 0.05 | .4186 |
| Overweight | 0.08 | 0.05, 0.11 | <.0001 | −0.02 | − 0.05, 0.01 | .1315 | − 0.02 | − 0.06, 0.01 | .1115 |
| Obesity | 0.15 | 0.10, 0.21 | <.0001 | 0.00 | −0.05, 0.06 | .9356 | 0.00 | −0.06, 0.05 | .8812 |
| Missing BMI | 0.01 | − 0.01, 0.03 | .4542 | −0.03 | −0.05, − 0.01 | .0053 | −0.03 | − 0.05, − 0.01 | .0073 |
| Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 0.20 | 0.16, 0.24 | <.0001 | 0.17 | 0.14, 0.21 | <.0001 | |||
| Overweight | 0.25 | 0.22, 0.28 | <.0001 | 0.23 | 0.21, 0.26 | <.0001 | |||
| Missing WP | 0.16 | 0.04, 0.27 | .0061 | 0.13 | 0.01, 0.24 | 0.0270 | |||
| Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes) | |||||||||
| No | −0.43 | −0.45, −0.40 | <.0001 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.016 | 0.030 | 0.079 | ||||||
| FLOURISHING (FS) | |||||||||
| BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | −0.02 | −0.05, 0.00 | .0439 | 0.00 | −0.03, 0.02 | .6864 | 0.00 | −0.03, 0.02 | .7610 |
| Overweight | −0.02 | −0.03, − 0.02 | <.0001 | 0.01 | 0.00, 0.02 | .0127 | 0.01 | 0.00, 0.02 | .0081 |
| Obesity | −0.06 | − 0.08, − 0.05 | <.0001 | −0.01 | − 0.02, 0.00 | .1422 | − 0.01 | −0.02, 0.01 | .2078 |
| Missing BMI | −0.05 | −0.06, − 0.04 | <.0001 | −0.04 | − 0.04, − 0.03 | <.0001 | −0.04 | − 0.04, − 0.03 | <.0001 |
| Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | −0.05 | −0.06, − 0.05 | <.0001 | −0.05 | − 0.06, − 0.04 | <.0001 | |||
| Overweight | −0.08 | −0.09, − 0.08 | <.0001 | −0.08 | − 0.09, − 0.07 | <.0001 | |||
| Missing WP | −0.07 | −0.10, − 0.04 | <.0001 | −0.07 | − 0.10, − 0.03 | <.0001 | |||
| Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes) | |||||||||
| No | 0.08 | 0.07, 0.09 | <.0001 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.034 | 0.054 | 0.074 | ||||||
Note: All models include sociodemographic covariates (i.e., student grade and race/ethnicity, school area median household income and urbanicity) and adjust for school clustering. Est. = parameter estimate