Similarly, somatic symptoms and interpersonal difficulties were only associated with male obesity (OR=1.04, 95% CI: 1.01 to 1.07, p=0.013 and OR=1.14, 95% CI: 1.02 to 1.27, p=0.020, respectively), although marginally significant.
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Association between depression and overweight in Chinese adolescents: a cross-sectional study.
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We found an increasing trend for the CES-D scores by increasing weight status, although only the depressed affect and the interpersonal difficulties had significant associations with weight status (F (2,1078) =4.92, p=0.001; F (2,1078) =3.16, p=0.040, respectively).
When the instrument of depression focused more on dimensions of depressed affect, somatic symptoms or interpersonal difficulties, the results were likely to be significant among male adolescents.