Depression, emotional eating and long-term weight changes: a population-based prospective study

Table 2 Gender and age as moderators of the associations between depression, emotional eating and 7-year change in adiposity indicators^a

	Men	Women	Gender * latent factor interaction	35-year-olds	50-year-olds	65-year-olds	Age * latent factor interaction
	β (SE)^b	β (SE)^b	β (SE)	β (SE)^b	β (SE)^b	β (SE)^b	β (SE)
Models for BMI
EE 2007 ➔ BMI change	0.066 (0.050) P = 0.182	0.136 (0.037) P < 0.001	0.070 (0.062) P = 0.260	0.078 (0.051) P = 0.125	0.104 (0.031) P = 0.001	0.131 (0.040) P = 0.001	0.002 (0.002) P = 0.428
Depression 2007 ➔ BMI change	0.082 (0.085) P = 0.330	0.219 (0.067) P = 0.001	0.137 (0.108) P = 0.205	0.456 (0.092) P < 0.001	0.218 (0.054) P < 0.001	−0.020 (0.071) P = 0.780	−0.016 (0.004) P < 0.001
Models for WC
EE 2007 ➔ WC change	0.082 (0.050) P = 0.101	0.149 (0.038) P < 0.001	0.067 (0.063) P = 0.284	0.027 (0.051) P = 0.595	0.108 (0.031) P < 0.001	0.190 (0.040) P < 0.001	0.005 (0.002) P = 0.016
Depression 2007 ➔ WC change	0.082 (0.084) P = 0.329	0.217 (0.068) P = 0.001	0.134 (0.108) P = 0.214	0.303 (0.093) P = 0.001	0.186 (0.054) P = 0.001	0.070 (0.072) P = 0.333	−0.008 (0.004) P = 0.065

BMI body mass index, EE emotional eating, WC waist circumference
^aModels for gender were adjusted for age and models for age were adjusted for gender
^bEstimates were derived by calculating simple slope tests at different values of the moderator [49]

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