Do diabetes and depressed mood affect associations between obesity and quality of life in postmenopause? Results of the KORA-F3 Augsburg population study

Table 3 Physical and mental HRQL (SF-12) by obesity, diabetes mellitus, and depressed mood: GLM results^a

		SF-12 Physical Sum Score			SF-12 Mental Sum Score
Source of variation	Statistic	Value	95%-CI	Effect	Value	95%-CI	Effect
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30)
Yes	Adjusted mean	42.0	40.5-43.6	F_(1,825) = 7.7, p = .006	47.7	46.2-49.3	F_(1,825) = 0.3, p = .588
No	Adjusted mean	45.2	43.6-46.8		48.3	46.7-49.9
Depressed mood (DEEX-scale)
Yes	Adjusted mean	39.7	38.0-41.5	F_(1,825) = 46.5, p < .001	41.7	39.9-43.5	F_(1,825) = 122.4, p < .001
No	Adjusted mean	47.5	46.0-48.9		54.4	52.9-55.8
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	Adjusted mean	42.2	40.0-44.3	F_(1,825) = 6.4, p = .012	46.7	44.5-48.9	F_(1,825) = 5.3, p = .022
No	Adjusted mean	45.0	44.4-45.7		49.4	48.7-50.1
Obesity × Depressed Mood ^b				F_(1,825) = 0.1, p = .775			F_(1,825) = 2.7, p = .104
Obesity × Diabetes mellitus ^b				F_(1,825) = 1.4, p = .236			F_(1,825) = 3.2, p = .074
Depressed Mood × Diabetes mellitus ^b				F_(1,825) = 0.6, p = .431			F_(1,825) = 3.7, p = .053
Obesity × Depressed Mood × Diabetes mellitus ^b				F_(1,825) = 4.1, p = .044			F_(1,825) = 0.6, p = .447

Notes: ^a Adjusted for age, school education, family status, type of health insurance (statutory vs. private), and place of residence (urban vs. rural) ^b To simplify presentation, adjusted means for subgroups are not shown here (see below, interaction contrast analyses in figures 1 to 3)

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