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. 2022 Dec 20;11:e74320. doi: 10.7554/eLife.74320

Appendix 1—table 13. BMI and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and ADHD at age 8 in MoBa, adult BMI PGS, genetic models adjusted for parental education (N=40,949)*.

MR estimate Within-families MR estimate
Outcome Beta (per 5 kg/m2) CI p Beta (per 5 kg/m2) CI p
Depressive symptoms: standardized SMFQ score Child BMI 0.38 0.19,0.58 <0.001 0.26 –0.01,0.53 0.06
Mother’s BMI 0.09 –0.00,0.17 0.05
Father’s BMI –0.00 –0.11,0.11 0.97
Anxiety symptoms: standardized SCARED§ score Child BMI –0.08 –0.26,0.11 0.43 0.01 –0.25,0.27 0.95
Mother’s BMI –0.04 –0.12,0.05 0.40
Father’s BMI –0.03 –0.14,0.08 0.64
ADHD symptoms: standardized RS-DBD score, ADHD items Child BMI 0.27 0.09,0.45 0.003 0.37 0.10,0.64 0.007
Mother’s BMI –0.03 –0.12,0.06 0.52
Father’s BMI –0.05 –0.16,0.06 0.37
ADHD-inattention symptoms: standardized RS-DBD score, inattention items Child BMI 0.25 0.07,0.42 0.007 0.39 0.13,0.66 0.004
Mother’s BMI –0.02 –0.11,0.07 0.64
Father’s BMI –0.10 –0.21,0.01 0.08
ADHD-hyperactivity symptoms: standardized RS-DBD score, hyperactivity items Child BMI 0.24 0.06,0.42 0.009 0.27 0.00,0.55 0.05
Mother’s BMI –0.03 –0.12,0.06 0.49
Father’s BMI 0.01 –0.10,0.12 0.85
*

Coefficients represent S.D. change in symptoms per 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI.

Models adjust for the child’s sex and birth year and the child’s, mother’s, and father’s genotyping centre, genotyping chip, and first 20 principal components of ancestry.

Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire.

§

Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders.

Parent/Teacher Rating Scale for Disruptive Behaviour Disorders.