Cristiane S Paula, Jair J Mari, Isabel Altenfelder Santos Bordin, Euripedes C Miguel, Isabela Fortes, Natalia Barroso, Luis Augusto Rohde, Evandro Silva Freire Coutinho
Early vulnerabilities for psychiatric disorders in elementary schoolchildren from four Brazilian regions
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
aimed evaluate association hyperactivityanxiety obesity among elementary school students matsuyama city japan conducted crosssectional study 46 elementary school students 24 296 students matsuyama city questionnaire included question items strengths difficulties questionnaire sdq well questions height weight students classified two groups according rohrer index separating data gender examined association 1 obesity hyperactivity 2 obesity anxiety 3 obesity combination hyperactivity anxiety estimating relative risk using poisson regression model also conducted stratified analyses examine effect modification age groups unbalance diet associations moreover calculated relative excess risk due interaction reri examine whether additive interaction hyperactivity anxiety sixteen thousand fortyeight students included present analysis prevalence ratio pr obese girls hyperactivity anxiety higher compared girls without symptoms pr 180 95 ci 104313 significant difference prevalence ratio obesity boys whether hyperactive anxious neither reri 000 boys 018 girls found significant association obesity coexistence hyperactivity anxiety among elementary school girls findings strengthen need explore association childhood obesity hyperactivity anxiety