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. 2022 Jan-Dec:13:21501319221096917.
doi: 10.1177/21501319221096917.

Network Analysis of Depressive Symptomatology in Underweight and Obese Adults

Cristian Ramos-Vera  1 , Antonio Serpa Barrientos  2 , José Vallejos-Saldarriaga  1 , Jacksaint Saintila  3
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Network Analysis of Depressive Symptomatology in Underweight and Obese Adults

Cristian Ramos-Vera et al. J Prim Care Community Health. 2022 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

Background: Depressive symptoms can affect people's quality of life and social environment. In addition, in severe situations, they can lead to suicidal behaviors.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the differences in depressive symptoms in underweight and obese Peruvian adults.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out based on secondary data obtained from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI), Lima, Peru. A sample of 10 053 participants was considered, of which 55.96% were women. Two Gaussian plot models were estimated and the levels of depressive symptomatology were compared between the 2 groups (adults with underweight and obese).

Results: A total of 1510 (15.02%) were underweight adults and 8543 (84.98%) were obese adults. There were differences in the reporting of depressive symptoms in the underweight group; the most central items were "Depressed mood" (PH2), "Tiredness/low energy" (PH4), and "Psychomotor difficulties" (PH8).

Conclusion: This study provides new evidence on the dynamic relationship between depressive symptoms according to the body mass index categories (underweight and obese) assessed.

Keywords: Peru; body mass index; depression; obesity; underweight.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

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Network analysis for underweight.
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Network analysis for obesity.
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Accuracy of nodes in the network for the lowest BMI.
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Accuracy of nodes in the network for higher BMI.
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Stability of the strength centrality index in the underweight network.
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Stability of the strength centrality index in the obesity network.
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