Stressful life events, gender and obesity: A prospective, population-based study of adolescents in British Columbia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether stressful life events are related to levels of obesity in a group of ethnically diverse Canadian youth and the extent to which the relationship differs by gender.

Methods

This study of 905 adolescents (age 13-17 years) from a BC population-based cohort (BASUS) used self-reported data from Wave 5 (2011 fall) on stressful life events and socio-demographic factors and from Wave 6 (2012 spring) on weight and height. Multivariable logistic regression models conditioned on known confounders and used a cross-product term for effect modification by gender. Post-estimation analysis calculated gender-specific predicted mean probabilities of having obesity associated with greater frequency of stressful life events.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Conklin AI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738518 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature