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

Table 4 Physical and mental HRQL (SF-12) by abdominal 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%-C	Effect	Value	95%-CI	Effect
Abdominal Obesity (WHR ≥ 0.85)
Yes	Adjusted mean	44.0	42.7-45.4	F_(1,825) = 0.0, p = .978	47.7	46.4-49.1	F_(1,825) = 0.0, p = .990
No	Adjusted mean	44.1	42.0-46.2		47.8	45.7-49.9
Depressed mood (DEEX-scale)
Yes	Adjusted mean	40.2	38.3-42.2	F_(1,825) = 35.9, p < .001	40.9	38.9-42.8	F_(1,825) = 118.0, p < .001
No	Adjusted mean	47.9	46.3-49.5		54.6	53.0-56.2
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	Adjusted mean	42.2	39.7-44.6	F_(1,825) = 8.6, p = .003	46.5	44.1-48.9	F_(1,825) = 3.8, p = .051
No	Adjusted mean	46.0	45.0-46.6		49.0	48.4-49.6
Abdominal Obesity × Depressed Mood ^b				F_(1,825) = 0.4, p = .834			F_(1,825) = 2.1, p = .144
Abdominal Obesity × Diabetes mellitus ^b				F_(1,825) = 0.3, p = .583			F_(1,825) = 0.2, p = .670
Depressed Mood × Diabetes mellitus ^b				F_(1,825) = 1.2, p = .270			F_(1,825) = 5.2, p = .022
Abdominal Obesity × Depressed Mood × Diabetes mellitus ^b				F_(1,825) = 0.6, p = .444			F_(1,825) = 2.4, p = .125

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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