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- Title
Post-traumatic stress disorder predicts future weight change in the Millennium Cohort Study.
- Authors
LeardMann, Cynthia A.; Woodall, Kelly A.; Littman, Alyson J.; Jacobson, Isabel G.; Boyko, Edward J.; Smith, Besa; Wells, Timothy S.; Crum‐Cianflone, Nancy F.
- Abstract
Objective To prospectively examine the association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and weight change. Methods Longitudinal analysis techniques were used to examine data (2001-2008) from Millennium Cohort Study participants, consisting of U.S. service members and veterans. Using the PTSD Checklist-Civilian Version, PTSD was assessed as none, resolved, new onset, or persistent. Subsequent weight change was assessed as stable ( ≤3% loss or gain), >3% weight loss, >3% but <10% weight gain, and ≥10% weight gain. Results Of the 38,352 participants, 2391 (6.2%) had PTSD (838 resolved, 1024 new onset, and 529 persistent), and 11% of participants subsequently had ≥10% weight gain. In multivariable models, PTSD was associated with higher odds of ≥10% weight gain (new onset OR: 1.44 [95% CI: 1.20-1.73]; persistent OR: 1.51 [CI: 1.17-1.96]; resolved OR: 1.30 [CI: 1.05-1.60]) compared with those without PTSD. New-onset and persistent PTSD were also associated with higher odds of >3% weight loss (OR: 1.41 [CI: 1.17-1.71]; OR: 1.42 [CI: 1.09-1.86], respectively). Conclusions PTSD is independently associated with a higher risk of weight gain and loss, the former of which leads to a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity and a higher risk of comorbidities associated with excessive body adiposity.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; WEIGHT gain; WEIGHT loss; COHORT analysis; OBESITY
- Publication
Obesity (19307381), 2015, Vol 23, Issue 4, p886
- ISSN
1930-7381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/oby.21025