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Acta Médica Peruana
versión On-line ISSN 1728-5917
Resumen
MARTINEZ-SOTO, Ignacio; MONTES DE OCA RESENDIZ, Luis Abraham; BLANCO CASTILLO, Leticia y VILLARREAL RIOS, Enrique. Association between obesity and depression symptoms in adolescents in Queretaro, Mexico. Acta méd. Peru [online]. 2023, vol.40, n.1, pp.51-55. Epub 09-Mayo-2023. ISSN 1728-5917. http://dx.doi.org/10.35663/amp.2023.401.2489.
Objective:
To identify the association between obesity and depression symptoms in adolescents attended in a family health center.
Materials and Methods:
An observational, cross-sectional, comparative study of Mexican adolescents aged 10 to 19 years integrated two comparison groups, adolescents with obesity and without obesity. The sample size was 97 adolescents per group, non-probabilistic sampling per quota was used. Depression was evaluated with the revised version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies (CESD-R) Depression Scale. The statistical analysis included averages, percentages, standard deviations, chi square test, odds ratio (OR), and confidence intervals for OR.
Results:
In the group of adolescents with obesity 48,5% presented depressive symptoms and in the group of adolescents without obesity 33% also presented depressive symptoms (p=0,02), RM was 1,90 (95%CI; 1,06-3,41).
Conclusions:
We found an association between obesity and depression symptoms in adolescents.
Palabras clave : Adolescents; Malnutrition; Obesity; Depression; Mexico.
