Association of dichotomous obesity measures with mental health functioning by age: Basic model.

Abstract

<p>The graphs present predicted differences in mental health functioning between obese/non-obese by age estimated by augmenting basic models (<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0148561#pone.0148561.t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a>) with polynomial interactions of age with obesity measures (linear and quadratic interactions in case of BMI-obesity measures; linear, quadratic and cubic interactions in case of BF%-obesity and abdominal obesity). These results were obtained by linear combinations of the main obesity coefficients and the age-obesity interactions across different ages (solid lines; shaded area: 95% confidence intervals).</p