Citation

McCarty CA, Kosterman R, Mason WA, McCauley E, Hawkins JD, Herrenkohl TI, Lengua LJ. Gen. Hosp. Psychiatry 2009; 31(5): 442-450.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98115, USA. cmccarty@u.washington.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.013

PMID

19703638

PMCID

PMC2732580

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study examined concurrent and prospective relations between clinical depression, obesity and alcohol use disorders during young adulthood to better understand common etiology and the progression of co-occurrence. METHOD: Participants were 776 young adults (393 males and 383 females) who were interviewed at ages 24, 27 and 30 years with assessment of past-year major depressive episode, past-year alcohol abuse or dependence disorder, and obesity. Longitudinal path analyses were conducted separately for women and men, controlling for income and including stability of each of these outcomes. RESULTS: Among women, depression was positively associated with later alcohol use disorders (ages 27 to 30: OR=3.11), and alcohol use disorders prospectively predicted obesity (ages 24 to 27: OR=3.84). Obesity predicted depression from ages 27 to 30 among women (OR=2.14), but was protective against depression for males (OR=0.31). CONCLUSIONS: Results show that depression, obesity and alcohol use disorders are interrelated conditions for women. A greater understanding of reasons underlying the co-occurrence of these conditions would benefit prevention and intervention efforts.

Language: en