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Table 3 Association between body image disturbance and incidence of depressiona in participants of the SUN study according to sex.

From: Relationship between body image disturbance and incidence of depression: the SUN prospective cohort

 

Sex

 

Male

Female

 

Body image disturbance

Body image disturbance

 

None

Underestimated

Overestimated

None

Underestimated

Overestimated

Cases

78

83

1

218

108

10

Total

1875

2397

96

3604

2145

169

OR (95% CI)b

1 (ref.)

0.83 (0.60 – 1.13)

0.24 (0.03 – 1.78)

1 (ref.)

0.81 (0.64 – 1.02)

1.02 (0.53 – 1.97)

OR (95% CI)c

1 (ref.)

0.83 (0.60 – 1.15)

0.23 (0.03 – 1.70)

1 (ref.)

0.84 (0.66 – 1.07)

0.81 (0.39 – 1.69)

OR (95% CI)d

1 (ref.)

0.83 (0.60 – 1.16)

0.21 (0.03 – 1.55)

1 (ref.)

0.85 (0.67 – 1.08)

0.82 (0.40 – 1.70)

  1. Odds Ratio (OR); 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI); a Depression was defined as a physician diagnosis or the use of antidepressants drugs; b Odds Ratio of the association between body image disturbance and incidence of depression adjusted for age; c Odds Ratio of the association between body image disturbance and incidence of depression adjusted for age, weight change in the past five years (none, lost, gain), marital status (unmarried, married, other), smoking (never, current smoker, past smoker), physical activity (METs-h/week), energy intake (Kcal/day), alcohol consumption (g/day), working hours (< 35 hours/week, >= 35 hours/week, unemployed), chronic diseases (cardiovascular diseases and cancer) at baseline; d Odds Ratio of the association between body image disturbance and incidence of depression adjusted for the same variables in (c) plus pregnancy and chronic diseases (cardiovascular diseases and cancer) during follow-up.
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