January 1, 2009Health Psychology
Depressive symptoms and the metabolic syndrome in childhood and adulthood: A prospective cohort study.
Why the study?
Is there a reciprocal association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome from childhood to adulthood?
Population
921 participants from a population-based cohort in Finland, assessed in childhood and adulthood.
Comparison
Presence of depressive symptoms or metabolic… vs Lower levels or absence of depressive symptoms…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Approximately 21 years (from mean age 12 to mean age 33)
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Implication
Supports sex-specific monitoring in women; leaves open causal mechanisms and intervention effects.
Structured PICO
Is there a reciprocal association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome from childhood to adulthood?
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Population
921 participants (538 women and 383 men) from a population-based cohort in Finland, assessed in childhood (mean age 12 years) and adulthood (mean age 33 years).
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Intervention
Presence of depressive symptoms (assessed by revised Beck Depression Inventory at mean ages 24 and 33) or metabolic syndrome in childhood (observational exposure).
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Comparator
Lower levels or absence of depressive symptoms or metabolic syndrome (observational comparison).
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Outcome
Metabolic syndrome defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP), the European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance, and the International Diabetes Federation criteria; and depressive symptoms in adulthood.composite
There is a bidirectional, longitudinal association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome from childhood to adulthood in women, but not in men.
Cite This Study
Pulkki-Råbäck et al. (2009) studied this question.