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Table 2 Weight status (BMI classification), weight perception (WP), and bullying victimization as predictors of depression, anxiety, and flourishing scores among girls in Year 7 (2018/19) of the COMPASS Study

From: Do weight perception and bullying victimization account for links between weight status and mental health among adolescents?

 

BMI

BMI + WP

BMI + WP + Bullying

Est.

95% CI

p-value

Est.

95% CI

p-value

Est.

95% CI

p-value

DEPRESSION (CESD-10)

 BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”)

  Underweight

0.01

−0.06, 0.08

.7269

−0.06

− 0.13, 0.01

.1183

− 0.06

− 0.12, 0.01

.0885

  Overweight

0.08

0.05, 0.11

<.0001

−0.02

− 0.05, 0.01

.2173

− 0.02

− 0.05, 0.01

.1835

  Obesity

0.21

0.17, 0.25

<.0001

0.05

0.01, 0.10

.0153

0.05

0.00, 0.09

.0345

  Missing BMI

0.08

0.06, 0.09

<.0001

0.04

0.02, 0.05

.0001

0.04

0.02, 0.06

<.0001

 Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”)

  Underweight

   

0.19

0.15, 0.22

<.0001

0.16

0.13, 0.19

<.0001

  Overweight

   

0.25

0.23, 0.28

<.0001

0.24

0.22, 0.26

<.0001

  Missing WP

   

0.14

0.06, 0.22

.0006

0.12

0.04, 0.20

.0026

 Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes)

  No

      

−0.40

−0.42, − 0.38

<.0001

  R2

  

0.027

  

0.042

  

0.098

ANXIETY (GAD-7)

 BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”)

  Underweight

0.05

−0.04, 0.14

.2614

− 0.03

− 0.12, 0.06

.5555

− 0.04

− 0.12, 0.05

.4186

  Overweight

0.08

0.05, 0.11

<.0001

−0.02

− 0.05, 0.01

.1315

− 0.02

− 0.06, 0.01

.1115

  Obesity

0.15

0.10, 0.21

<.0001

0.00

−0.05, 0.06

.9356

0.00

−0.06, 0.05

.8812

  Missing BMI

0.01

− 0.01, 0.03

.4542

−0.03

−0.05, − 0.01

.0053

−0.03

− 0.05, − 0.01

.0073

 Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”)

  Underweight

   

0.20

0.16, 0.24

<.0001

0.17

0.14, 0.21

<.0001

  Overweight

   

0.25

0.22, 0.28

<.0001

0.23

0.21, 0.26

<.0001

  Missing WP

   

0.16

0.04, 0.27

.0061

0.13

0.01, 0.24

0.0270

 Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes)

     

  No

      

−0.43

−0.45, −0.40

<.0001

  R2

  

0.016

  

0.030

  

0.079

FLOURISHING (FS)

 BMI Classification (ref: “normal-weight”)

  Underweight

−0.02

−0.05, 0.00

.0439

0.00

−0.03, 0.02

.6864

0.00

−0.03, 0.02

.7610

  Overweight

−0.02

−0.03, − 0.02

<.0001

0.01

0.00, 0.02

.0127

0.01

0.00, 0.02

.0081

  Obesity

−0.06

− 0.08, − 0.05

<.0001

−0.01

− 0.02, 0.00

.1422

− 0.01

−0.02, 0.01

.2078

  Missing BMI

−0.05

−0.06, − 0.04

<.0001

−0.04

− 0.04, − 0.03

<.0001

−0.04

− 0.04, − 0.03

<.0001

 Weight Perception (ref: “About the right weight”)

  Underweight

   

−0.05

−0.06, − 0.05

<.0001

−0.05

− 0.06, − 0.04

<.0001

  Overweight

   

−0.08

−0.09, − 0.08

<.0001

−0.08

− 0.09, − 0.07

<.0001

  Missing WP

   

−0.07

−0.10, − 0.04

<.0001

−0.07

− 0.10, − 0.03

<.0001

 Bullying Victimization in the last 30 days (ref: Yes)

  No

      

0.08

0.07, 0.09

<.0001

  R2

  

0.034

  

0.054

  

0.074

  1. Note: All models include sociodemographic covariates (i.e., student grade and race/ethnicity, school area median household income and urbanicity) and adjust for school clustering. Est. = parameter estimate