Xu, Qunyan, Anderson, Debra, and Lurie-Beck, Janine (2011) The relationship between abdominal obesity and depression in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice, 5 (4). e267-e278.

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Abstract

Obesity has been widely regarded as a public health concern because of its adverse impact on individuals’ health. Systematic reviews have been published in examining the effect of obesity on depression, but with major emphasis on general obesity as measured by the body mass index. Despite a stronger effect of abdominal obesity on individuals’ physical health outcomes, to our best knowledge, no systematic review was undertaken with regard to the relationship between abdominal obesity and depression. This paper reports the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies examining the relationship between abdominal obesity and depression in a general population. Multiple electronic databases were searched until the end of September 2009. 15 articles were systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed. The analysis showed that the odds ratio of having depression for individuals with abdominal obesity was 1.38 (95% CI, 1.22–1.57) as compared to those who are not obese. Furthermore, it was found that this relationship did not vary with potential confounders including gender, age, measurement of depression and abdominal obesity, and study quality.

Item ID:	81145
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1878-0318
Keywords:	Abdominal obesity; Cross-sectional studies; Depression; Meta-analysis;
Copyright Information:	© 2011 Asian Oceanian Association for the Study of Obesity. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Accepted Version: This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Date Deposited:	17 Jul 2024 03:05
FoR Codes:	52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5203 Clinical and health psychology > 520304 Health psychology @ 100%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200407 Health status (incl. wellbeing) @ 100%
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