TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Longitudinal associations among depression, obesity and alcohol use disorders in young adulthood
JO  - General hospital psychiatry
A1  - McCarty, Carolyn A.
A1  - Kosterman, Rick
A1  - Mason, W. Alex
A1  - McCauley, Elizabeth
A1  - Hawkins, J. David
A1  - Herrenkohl, Todd I.
A1  - Lengua, Liliana J.
SP  - 442
EP  - 450
VL  - 31
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0163-8343
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.05.013
ID  - ref1
ER  -