Associations between depression and different measures of obesity (BMI, WC, WHtR, WHR)

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Table 2 Linear regression analysis of depression and anthropometric parameters stratified for sex

	Female (N = 1850-1853)				Male (N = 2073-2075)				Total (N = 3922-3928)
	Beta	B	SE	p	Beta	B	SE	p	Beta	B	SE	p
BMI
Depression (PHQ)	0.066	0.0968	0.0345	0.0050	0.043	0.0564	0.0275	0.0400	0.055	0.0762	0.0219	0.0005
Somatic-affective symptoms	0.137	0.3583	0.0715	<.0001	0.094	0.2165	0.0584	0.0002	0.121	0.2980	0.0460	<.0001
Cognitive-affective symptoms	−0.067	−0.1786	0.0746	0.0167	−0.046	−0.1076	0.0595	0.0708	−0.061	−0.1538	0.0473	0.0012
WC
Depression	0.064	0.2365	0.0857	0.0058	0.048	0.1777	0.0766	0.0204	0.049	0.1972	0.0571	0.0006
Somatic-affective symptoms	0.122	0.8012	0.1780	<.0001	0.124	0.8184	0.1624	<.0001	0.116	0.8289	0.1201	<.0001
Cognitive-affective symptoms	−0.054	−0.3632	0.1861	0.0511	−0.071	−0.4789	0.1655	0.0039	−0.062	−0.4603	0.1237	0.0002
WHtR
Depression	0.064	0.0015	0.0005	0.0043	0.052	0.0011	0.0004	0.0086	0.056	0.0013	0.0003	0.0001
Somatic-affective symptoms	0.126	0.0053	0.0011	<.0001	0.104	0.0040	0.0009	<.0001	0.119	0.0048	0.0007	<.0001
Cognitive-affective symptoms	−0.057	−0.0025	0.0012	0.0318	−0.046	−0.0018	0.0009	0.0513	−0.057	−0.0024	0.0007	0.0013
WHR
Depression	0.026	0.0005	0.0005	0.2720	0.069	0.0015	0.0004	0.0008	0.115	0.0009	0.0003	0.0035
Somatic-affective symptoms	0.053	0.0018	0.0010	0.0600	0.107	0.0040	0.0009	<.0001	0.060	0.0029	0.0007	<.0001
Cognitive-affective symptoms	−0.025	−0.0019	0.0010	0.3761	−0.029	−0.0011	0.0009	0.2322	−0.023	−0.0017	0.0007	0.0908

Models adjusted for age, socioeconomic status (SES), partnership, smoking status, physical activity, diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, family history of myocardial infarction, alcohol (heavy use), psychotropic medication (non-selective monoamine reuptake inhibitors, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, other antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, hypnotics/sedatives, antiepileptics, opioids), bold type p < .05.

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