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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants included in the analyses

From: Association between depression, anxiety and weight change in young adults

Variables

Mood disorder before baseline predicting BMI (n = 1646) #

Anxiety before baseline predicting BMI (n = 1638) #

Men (n = 634)

Women (n = 1012)

Men (n = 630)

Women (n = 1008)

Age, years

31.9 ± 2.6

31.6 ± 2.7

31.9 ± 2.6

31.6 ± 2.7

Education

 Tertiary

282 (44.7)

520 (51.8)

280 (44.7)

517 (51.8)

 Vocational

235 (37.2)

269 (26.8)

234 (37.3)

268 (26.8)

 School only

114 (18.1)

214 (21.3)

113 (18.0)

214 (21.4)

Socio-economic quartile

 High

742 (23.2)

748 (24.1)

134 (26.2)

211 (27.1)

 Med-high

914 (28.6)

886 (28.6)

141 ()27.6

209 (26.9)

 Med-low

1230 (38.5)

1197 (38.6)

196 (38.4)

314 (40.4)

 Low

310 (9.7)

272 (8.8)

40 (7.8)

44 (5.7)

Smoking

 Never

385 (61.0)

582 (57.6)

384 (61.2)

580 (57.6)

 Former

141 (22.4)

295 (29.2)

140 (22.3)

294 (29.2)

 Current

105 (16.6)

134 (13.2)

103 (16.4)

133 (13.2)

Change in marital status since baseline

 Never married

160 (14.1)

179 (11.5)

75 (13.0)

116 (12.5)

 Become married/defacto

179 (15.7)

170 (10.9)

99 (17.2)

75 (8.1)

 Stayed married

741 (65.1)

1097 (70.4)

381 (66.0)

674 (72.7)

 Became divorced/widowed

32 (2.8)

56 (3.6)

10 (1.7)

29 (3.1)

 Stayed separated/widowed

8 (0.7)

24 (1.5)

4 (0.7)

13 (1.4)

Parental status since baseline

 No children

436 (34.60)

484 (28.2)

206 (40.0)

265 (27.2)

 First child born

315 (25.0)

326 (19.0)

164 (27.1)

185 (19.0)

 Additional children born

235 (18.7)

359 (20.9)

110 (18.2)

214 (22.0)

 Same number of children

274 (21.8)

548 (31.9)

126 (20.8)

311 (31.9)

 Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.6+  4.4

25.5 ± 5.7

26.6 ± 4.5

25.5 ± 5.7

 History of CVD or diabetes

83 (16.0)

83(9.9)

83 (16.1)

83 (10.0)

 Social support index

N = 543, 61.2 ± 8.0

N = 872, 62.5 ± 7.1

61.3 ± 8.0

62.6 ± 7.1

 Total healthy lifestyle score

2.2 ± 1.8

2.2 ± 1.7

  

 SF-12 physical component score

53.7 ± 6.4

53.2 ± 7.6

53.7 ± 7.5

53.3 ± 7.5

 Total diet score

99.7 ± 19.1

107.9 ± 17.4

99.8 ± 19.2

107.8 ± 17.4

 Anxiety before baseline

77 (12.0)

210 (19.1)

76 (12.1)

195 (19.4)

 Mood disorder before baseline

85 (13.4)

229 (22.6)

85 (13.5)

226 (22.4)

Lifetime depression (at CDAH2)

 Never

521 (82.2)

710 (70.2)

532 (84.4)

751 (74.5)

 History

30 (4.7)

102 (10.1)

16 (2.5)

27 (2.7)

 Recurrent

55 (8.7)

127 (12.6)

60 (9.5)

168 (16.7)

 Incident

28 (4.4)

73 (7.2)

22 (3.5)

62 (6.5)

 Mood disorder 12 months prior to CDAH2 (incident and recurrent)

40 (6.3)

92 (9.1)

40 (6.3)

91 (9.0)

Lifetime anxiety (at CDAH2)

 Never

532 (84.4)

751(74.5)

517(82.1)

709 (70.3)

 History

16 (2.5)

27 (2.7)

30 (4.8)

100 (9.9)

 Recurrent

60 (9.5)

168 (16.7)

55 (8.7)

126 (12.5)

 Incident

22 (3.5)

62 (6.2)

28 (4.4)

73 (7.2)

 Anxiety 12 months prior to CDAH2 (incident and recurrent)

47 (7.5)

141 (14.0)

47 (8.1)

141 (15.8)

  1. N (%) Mean ± standard deviation, CDAH Childhood Determinants of Adult Health, CVD Cardiovascular diseases (Myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure), SF-12 Short Form 12, a health-related quality of life instrument