Mediator effect of depressive symptoms on the association between BMI and asthma control in adults
| Autor: | Maxine Boudreau, Ariane Jacob, Karine Ouellet, Simon L. Bacon, Kim L. Lavoie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Self Disclosure Adolescent Cross-sectional study Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Severity of Illness Index Body Mass Index Young Adult Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Severity of illness Administration Inhalation Medicine Humans Anti-Asthmatic Agents Young adult Psychiatry Glucocorticoids Depression (differential diagnoses) Asthma Aged Retrospective Studies Psychiatric Status Rating Scales business.industry Depression Beck Depression Inventory Quebec Middle Aged medicine.disease Prognosis respiratory tract diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Asthma Control Questionnaire Female Morbidity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Body mass index Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 146(2) |
| ISSN: | 1931-3543 |
| Popis: | Obesity has been associated with worse asthma control. Depression has also been shown to be disproportionally prevalent among patients with asthma and among patients with obesity. However, no studies have examined the mediating effect of depression on the obesity-asthma relationship. This study examined the extent to which depressive symptoms may mediate the obesity-asthma relationship in an adult sample.A total of 798 patients with physician-diagnosed asthma were recruited from the outpatient asthma clinic at Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal. Patients provided demographic and medical history information and completed a battery of questionnaires, including the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)-II and the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ). BMI was calculated from self-reported height and weight.Analyses adjusted for age, sex, years of education, cohabitation, and inhaled corticosteroid dose revealed an association between BMI and ACQ (β = 0.017, P = .026), between BMI and BDI-II (β = 0.189, P = .002), and between BDI-II and ACQ (β = 0.044, P.001). However, when both BDI-II and BMI were entered into the same model, BDI-II (β = 0.044, P.001) but not BMI (β = 0.009, P = .226) remained significantly associated with ACQ.The results indicate that depression and a high BMI are both associated with worse asthma control. However, consistent with our hypotheses, the relationship between BMI and worse asthma control was mediated by depressive symptoms. Future studies should examine the precise role of depressive symptoms in both weight and asthma control. |
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