The relationship between economic conditions and postpartum depression in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study

AbstractWhile studies suggest potential influences of childhood adversities on obesity development in adulthood, less is known about the short-term association in children. We examined the association between a wide range of life events experienced in the first ten years of life (including maltreatment and milder adversities) and body composition in 5333 ten-year old Dutch children. In structured interviews, mothers retrospectively reported on their children’s experience of 24 events. BMI was calculated, and fat mass index and fat free mass index were determined by dual-x-ray absorptiometry scanning. Linear regressions showed that, unadjusted, a higher number of life events was associated with higher BMI and body composition. However, associations attenuated to non-significance after adjustment for covariates. Similar findings were observed for maltreatment and milder life events. Thus, the number of experienced life events was not associated with body composition in middle childhood. Rather, other factors, like socioeconomic conditions, accounted for the relationship between life events and weight development in children.

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The Relationship between Thyroid Function and Depressive Symptoms—the FIN-D2D Population-Based Study

Clinical Medicine Insights Endocrinology and Diabetes ◽

10.4137/cmed.s24111 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

pp. CMED.S24111 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Juha Saltevo ◽

Hannu Kautiainen ◽

Pekka Mäntyselkä ◽

Antti Jula ◽

Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Regression Analysis ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Thyroid Function ◽

Participation Rate ◽

Population Based ◽

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone ◽

Free Triiodothyronine ◽

Population Based Study ◽

The Mean ◽

The Relationship

The association between thyroid function and depression is controversial. Both conditions express many similar symptoms, but the studies done give conflicting results. This study draws on a random, population-based sample of 4500 subjects aged 45–75 years old from Finland. The basic clinical study was done in 2007 for 1396 men and 1500 women (64% participation rate). Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (F-T4), and free triiodothyronine (F-T3) were measured in 2013 from frozen samples. The 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21) was applied to assess depressive symptoms (score ≥10 points). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 17.5% in women and 12.5% in men. In women, the mean levels of TSH, F-T4, and F-T3 without depressive symptoms vs. with the presence of depressive symptoms were 1.92/1.97 mU/L, 13.1/13.1 pmol/L, and 3.91/3.87 pmol/L (NS), respectively. In men, the levels were 1.87/1.94 mU/L, 13.5/13.7 pmol/L, and 4.18/4.12 pmol/L (NS), respectively. In multiple regression analysis, TSH had no relationship to BDI-21 total score. We found no association between depressive symptoms and thyroid values.

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