title: Depression and Obesity/Overweight Association in Elderly Women: a Community-Based Case-Control Study.
abstract: Overweight/obesity and depression are common among women especially in the elderly and can lead to unfavorable outcomes. We aimed to determine the association of overweight with depression and also to find any correlation of depression with some anthropometric indices in old women. A total of 94 depressed elderly women were compared with 99 non-depressed controls. The structured diagnostic interview based on DSM-IV were performed to diagnose depression, and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was completed to rate it. Anthropometric indices were measured and compared between groups. Pearson correlation coefficients were determined for linear relations between variables. Odds Ratio of obesity and overweight in depressed subjects comparing with normal participants was 1.45 (95%CI=0.63-3.32). A significant correlation was observed between BMI and GDS score (r=0.231, P-value=0.001). Total body fat (P-value=0.001) and BMI (P-value=0.016) were significantly higher in depressed women than non-depressed women. Despite the significantly higher total body fat and BMI among old women with depression, only a weak correlation was seen between BMI and GDS score.
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Mehdi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Health and Nutrition, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.
authors.forename: Sareh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keshavarzi
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed-Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mostafavi
authors.affiliation: Health Policy Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran.
authors.forename: Kamran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bagheri Lankarani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Anthropometry; Body Mass Index; Depressive Disorders; Obesity; Women