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Lower levels of physical activity in childhood associated with adult depression.
Jacka, F N; Pasco, J A; Williams, L J; Leslie, E R; Dodd, S; Nicholson, G C; Kotowicz, M A; Berk, M.
Affiliation
  • Jacka FN; The University of Melbourne, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health Victoria, Australia. felice@barwonhealth.org.au
J Sci Med Sport ; 14(3): 222-6, 2011 May.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21147028
Emerging evidence indicates that early life exposures influence adult health outcomes and there is cause to hypothesise a role for physical activity (PA) in childhood as a protective factor in adult depression. This study aimed to investigate the association between self-reported levels of PA in childhood and self-reported depressive illness. Lifetime depression and levels of physical activity (low/high) in childhood (<15 yr) were ascertained by self-report in 2152 adults (20-97 yr) participating in an ongoing epidemiological study in south-eastern Australia. Data were collected between 2000 and 2006. In this sample, 141 women (18.9%) and 169 men (12.0%) reported ever having a depressive episode. Low PA in childhood was associated with an increased risk of reporting depression in adulthood (OR=1.70, 95%CI=1.32-2.17, p<0.001). Adjustment for age, gender and adult PA attenuated the relationship somewhat (OR=1.35, 95%CI=1.01-1.78, p=0.04), however further adjustment for SES or country of birth did not affect this relationship. In this community-based study, lower levels of self-reported PA in childhood were associated with a 35% increase in odds for self-reported depression in adulthood. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that lower levels of PA in childhood may be a risk factor for adult depression.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Exercise / Depression Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: En Journal: J Sci Med Sport Journal subject: MEDICINA ESPORTIVA Year: 2011 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication:

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Exercise / Depression Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Oceania Language: En Journal: J Sci Med Sport Journal subject: MEDICINA ESPORTIVA Year: 2011 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: