Gender-related patterns of psychiatric disorder clustering among bariatric surgery candidates: a latent class analysis

Psychiatric disorders are frequent conditions among persons with obesity [Rajan and Menon, 2017; Schmidt et al., 2011]. In general population, obesity and psychiatric disorders affect about 12% and 30% of adult individuals, respectively [NCD Risk factor Collaboration, 2017; GBD 2015 Obesity Collaborators, 2017; Andrade et al., 2012; Kessler et al., 2005]. In U.S. general population with obesity, there is around 25% of increase in odds of mood and anxiety disorders and 25% of decrease in odds of substance use disorders [Simon et al., 2006].

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - July 16, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Leorides Severo Duarte-Guerra, Bruno Mendon ça Coêlho, Marco Aurélio Santo, Francisco Lotufo Neto, Yuan-Pang Wang Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research