Predictive Value of Adiposity Index in Identifying Depression in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Indian Population

Abstract

Objectives Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients are four times more prone to develop depression. Common subjective tool to evaluate depression is Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Depression in T2DM remains unaddressed because of lack of objective tools resulting in poor treatment compliance. Both obesity and metabolic disturbances could influence mental health status. Therefore, this study was designed to determine the better adiposity index to predict depression in T2DM.

Keywords

• type 2 diabetes mellitus
• adiposity indices
• Patient Health Questionnaire-9
• receiver-operating characteristic curve
• visceral adiposity index
• lipid accumulation product index