Fig. 1
From: The psychological legacy of past obesity and early mortality: evidence from two longitudinal studies
Diagram of the study design. For both NHANES and HRS, psychological outcomes and sociodemographic covariates at baseline were examined. In HRS, a measure of depressive symptoms was available in every wave, and therefore, pre-baseline depressive symptoms prior to when obesity developed were controlled for to estimate the effect of past obesity on current (baseline) depressive symptoms