Table 3.
Weight status (BMI classification), weight perception (WP), and bullying victimization as predictors of depression, anxiety, and flourishing scores among boys 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 | 0.07 | 0.01, 0.14 | .0287 | 0.02 | −0.04, 0.08 | .5502 | 0.01 | −0.05, 0.08 | .6949 |
| Overweight | 0.01 | −0.02, 0.03 | .6834 | −0.03 | −0.06, 0.00 | .0631 | −0.03 | − 0.06, 0.00 | .0430 |
| Obesity | 0.10 | 0.06, 0.14 | <.0001 | 0.00 | −0.04, 0.04 | .9324 | 0.00 | −0.04, 0.03 | .8410 |
| Missing BMI | 0.13 | 0.11, 0.16 | <.0001 | 0.11 | 0.08, 0.13 | <.0001 | 0.11 | 0.09, 0.13 | <.0001 |
| Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 0.14 | 0.12, 0.16 | <.0001 | 0.12 | 0.10, 0.15 | <.0001 | |||
| Overweight | 0.19 | 0.17, 0.22 | <.0001 | 0.17 | 0.15, 0.20 | <.0001 | |||
| Missing WP | 0.12 | 0.05, 0.19 | .0005 | 0.09 | 0.02, 0.15 | .0145 | |||
| Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes) | |||||||||
| No | −0.38 | −0.40, −0.36 | <.0001 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.016 | 0.047 | 0.113 | ||||||
| ANXIETY (GAD-7) | |||||||||
| BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 0.08 | 0.00, 0.17 | .0485 | 0.01 | −0.08, 0.09 | .8855 | −0.01 | −0.09, 0.07 | .8269 |
| Overweight | 0.01 | −0.03, 0.04 | .6762 | −0.04 | −0.08, − 0.01 | .0151 | −0.04 | − 0.08, − 0.01 | .0126 |
| Obesity | 0.09 | 0.04, 0.14 | .0005 | −0.06 | −0.11, − 0.01 | .0259 | −0.06 | − 0.11, − 0.01 | .0125 |
| Missing BMI | 0.05 | 0.02, 0.08 | .0009 | 0.01 | −0.02, 0.04 | .4800 | 0.01 | −0.02, 0.04 | .6061 |
| Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | 0.21 | 0.18, 0.23 | <.0001 | 0.19 | 0.16, 0.21 | <.0001 | |||
| Overweight | 0.28 | 0.24, 0.32 | <.0001 | 0.25 | 0.22, 0.29 | <.0001 | |||
| Missing WP | −0.01 | −0.10, 0.08 | .8136 | −0.05 | −0.15, 0.04 | .2581 | |||
| Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes) | |||||||||
| No | −0.49 | −0.53, − 0.46 | <.0001 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.017 | 0.037 | 0.091 | ||||||
| FLOURISHING (FS) | |||||||||
| BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | −0.04 | −0.06, −0.03 | <.0001 | −0.03 | −0.05, − 0.01 | .0021 | −0.03 | − 0.04, − 0.01 | .0031 |
| Overweight | 0.00 | −0.01, 0.00 | .4782 | 0.01 | 0.00, 0.02 | .0016 | 0.01 | 0.01, 0.02 | .0009 |
| Obesity | −0.04 | −0.05, − 0.03 | <.0001 | 0.00 | −0.01, 0.01 | .6217 | 0.00 | −0.01, 0.02 | .4756 |
| Missing BMI | −0.07 | −0.08, − 0.06 | <.0001 | −0.06 | − 0.07, − 0.05 | <.0001 | −0.06 | − 0.06, − 0.05 | <.0001 |
| Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”) | |||||||||
| Underweight | −0.04 | −0.05, − 0.04 | <.0001 | −0.04 | − 0.05, − 0.03 | <.0001 | |||
| Overweight | −0.07 | −0.08, − 0.06 | <.0001 | −0.07 | − 0.08, − 0.06 | <.0001 | |||
| Missing WP | −0.05 | −0.07, − 0.03 | <.0001 | ||||||
| Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes) | |||||||||
| No | 0.08 | 0.07, 0.09 | <.0001 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.027 | 0.059 | 0.084 | ||||||
Note: All models include sociodemographic covariates (i.e., student grade and ethnicity, school area median household income and urbanicity) and adjust for school clustering. Est. = parameter estimate