Sex Differences in the Joint Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Body Mass Index from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Longitudinal Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescence is a critical transitional period between childhood and adulthood, marked by dramatic changes in physical and psychosocial health. Adolescents are vulnerable to both depression and adiposity, but how these conditions evolve over time from adolescence to early adulthood and whether sex differences exist remained unclear.

Objective

To first identify the population heterogeneity in the joint trajectories of depressive symptoms and body mass index (BMI) from adolescence to early adulthood and then explore the sex differences in the joint trajectories.

Methods

In this study, we adopt the latent class trajectory modeling to identify the combined trajectories of depressive symptoms and BMI from adolescence at baseline to early adulthood at follow ups u

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12422740 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature