Herle, MP, Kan, C, Jayaweera, K, Adikari, A, Siribaddana, S, Zavos, HMS, Smolkina, M, Sumathipala, A, Llewellyn, C, Ismail, K, Hotopf, M, Treasure, J and Rijsdijk, F (2019) The association between emotional eating and depressive symptoms: a population-based twin study in Sri Lanka. Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics, 4. e4 - ?. ISSN 2054-4200

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Abstract

This study investigated the genetic and environmental contributions to emotional overeating (EOE) and depressive symptoms, and their covariation, in a Sri-Lankan population, using genetic model-fitting analysis. In total, 3957 twins and singletons in the Colombo Twin and Singleton Study-Phase 2 rated their EOE behaviour and depressive symptoms, which were significantly associated (men: r = 0.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.06-0.16, women: r = 0.12, 95% CI 0.07-0.16). Non-shared environmental factors explained the majority of variance in men (EOE e2 = 87%, 95% CI 78-95%; depressive symptoms e2 = 72%, 95% CI 61-83%) and women (EOE e2 = 76%, 95% CI 68-83%; depressive symptoms e2 = 64%, 95% CI 55-74%). Genetic factors were more important for EOE in women (h2 = 21%, 95% CI 4-32%) than men (h2 = 9%, 95% CI 0-20%). Shared-environmental factors were more important for depressive symptoms in men (c2 = 25%, 95% CI 10-36%) than women (c2 = 9%, 95% CI 0-35%). Non-shared environmental factors explained the overlap between depressive symptoms and EOE in women but not in men. Results differed from high-income populations, highlighting the need for behavioural genetic research in global populations.

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Additional Information: This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: depression, emotional eating, global health, non-western population, twin research
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Primary Care Health Sciences
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Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 08 Aug 2019 09:44
Last Modified: 08 Aug 2019 09:44
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/6644

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