Apple or Pear? a Cross-sectional Study On the Association Between Body Shape and Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care Female Patients
| Autor: | Luca Pingani, Gian Maria Galeazzi, Silvia Ferrari, Giorgio Mattei, Marco Rigatelli, Giulia Rioli, S. Bursi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Metabolic syndrome Anxiety Depression Body shape business.industry Cross-sectional study medicine.disease Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Obesity Psychiatry and Mental health Internal medicine medicine medicine.symptom Risk factor business Psychiatry Stroke Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | ResearcherID |
| ISSN: | 0924-9338 |
| Popis: | Introduction“Apple” body shape (Waist-to-Hip Ratio, WHR>1) is a documented risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, the first cause of morbility and mortality in Western societies. Mental disorders, especially anxiety and depression, are also related to cardiovascular diseases with accumulating evidence that these conditions have in common a dysregulation of inflammatory pathways. Nevertheless, joint assessment of WHR and symptoms of anxiety and depression has not been reported commonly so far.AimTo explore the association between WHR and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a female primary care sample.MethodsCross-sectional design. Evaluation of all consecutive women undergoing a GP consultation in a Northern Italy Practice. Exclusion criteria: age >40 or >80; use of antidepressants or antipsychotics; previous stroke or heart attack; obesity due to hereditary. Psychometric assessment was done by HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). Statistical analysis was performed using STATA.Results125 women were assessed. WHR was inversely associated to HADS-Anxiety subscale score (β=-5.28, p=.02) e HADS-Depression subscale score(β=-4.02, p=.04) in the 40-60 years’ subgroup. In particular, WC was positively related to HADS-A (β=13.39, p=.02) e HADS-D (β=10.38, p=.03) while HC was inversely associated to HADS-A (β=-11.3, p=.01) and HADS-D (β=-8.6, p=.03). No associations were found in older groups.Conclusion'Pear” body shape (WHR>1), with a peripheral distribution of fat, is inversely associated to symptoms of anxiety and depression in women aged 40 to 60. The post-menopausal transition to the 'apple” model, with a central fat distribution, could explain the lack of correlations in women >60 years. |
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