The relationship between abdominal obesity and depression in the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Summary Obesity has been widely regarded as a public health concern because of its adverse impact on individuals' health. Systematic reviews have been published in examining the effect of obesity on depression, but with major emphasis on general obesity as measured by the body mass index. Despite a stronger effect of abdominal obesity on individuals' physical health outcomes, to our best knowledge, no systematic review was undertaken with regard to the relationship between abdominal obesity and depression. This paper reports the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies examining the relationship between abdominal obesity and depression in a general population. Multiple electronic databases were searched until the end of September 2009. 15 articles were systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed. The analysis showed that the odds ratio of having depression for individuals with abdominal obesity was 1.38 (95% CI, 1.22-1.57) as compared to those who are not obese. Furthermore, it was found that this relationship did not vary with potential confounders including gender, age, measurement of depression and abdominal obesity, and study quality.:
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The odds and incidence of depression are higher when evaluating the waist-to-hip ratio or abdominal adiposity than when using BMI.
“The odds of depression are higher when evaluating the waist-to-hip ratio [16,17] which provides a better estimate of visceral adiposity and metabolic dysfunction than BMI [18].”
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- Authors
- Xu, Q., Anderson, D., & Lurie-Beck, J.
- Affiliations
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Xu, Qunyan
- Venue
- Obesity Research & Clinical Practice
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-10
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- e267-e278
- ISSN
- 1871-403X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2164957626
- Cited by
- 136
- References
- 67
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.qut.edu.au
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
- Locations
- Obesity Research & Clinical Practice (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) (submittedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Obesity and Health Practices
- Keywords
- abdominal obesity, depression, visceral fat, body mass index, general population, mental health
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