Association of body mass index with depression, anxiety and suicide - An instrumental variable analysis of the HUNT study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon ^a,b   Carslake, David ^c   Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund ^d   Linthorst, Astrid C E ^c   Smith, George Davey ^c   Gunnell, David ^c   Romundstad, Pål Richard ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWEGIAN (CITIZEN); POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SUICIDE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPLICATION; FATHER; MOTHER; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84940646201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131708     Document Type: Article

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