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dc.contributor.authorXu, Qunyan
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Debra
dc.contributor.authorLurie-Beck, Janine
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-04T23:27:23Z
dc.date.available2018-01-04T23:27:23Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.issn1871-403X
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.orcp.2011.04.007
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/172419
dc.description.abstractObesity has been widely regarded as a public health concern because of its adverse impact on individuals’ health. Systematic reviews have been published in examining the effect of obesity on depression, but with major emphasis on general obesity as measured by the body mass index. Despite a stronger effect of abdominal obesity on individuals’ physical health outcomes, to our best knowledge, no systematic review was undertaken with regard to the relationship between abdominal obesity and depression. This paper reports the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies examining the relationship between abdominal obesity and depression in a general population. Multiple electronic databases were searched until the end of September 2009. 15 articles were systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed. The analysis showed that the odds ratio of having depression for individuals with abdominal obesity was 1.38 (95% CI, 1.22–1.57) as compared to those who are not obese. Furthermore, it was found that this relationship did not vary with potential confounders including gender, age, measurement of depression and abdominal obesity, and study quality.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrome267
dc.relation.ispartofpagetoe278
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalObesity Research & Clinical Practice
dc.relation.ispartofvolume5
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleThe relationship between abdominal obesity and depression in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorAnderson, Debra J.


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