title: The association between smoking and psychopathology adjusted for body mass index and gender.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the correlation between smoking habits and psychopathology status, as well as the impact of confounders such as body mass index and gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 134 non-smokers and 152 smokers were enrolled in this study. We measured psychopathology features using Symptom Checklist 90-Revised. We ran logistic regression models testing the smoking-psychopathology association, controlling for body mass index and gender.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Smoking was positively correlated with depression, interpersonal sensitivity, hostility, somatization, paranoid ideation and psychoticism (P<0.05). Adjusting for body mass index and gender, the results remained largely unchanged, with a slight independent effect of body mass index.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our data suggest that smoking is a stronger predictor of psychopathology than body mass index and gender.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Hospital of Attiki, Athens, Greece dimitrisd76@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Dimitrios G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Dimitriadis
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Efterpi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mamplekou
authors.affiliation: Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering; School of Civil Engineering, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Panayiotis G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Dimitriadis
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Research Institute, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Dimitriadis
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Papageorgiou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011599:Psychopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: body mass index; gender; psychopathology; smoking