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Iron status and inflammation were assessed using ferritin and soluble transferrin receptor, C-reactive protein and alpha-1-acid glycoprotein, respectively. Multiple logistic and linear regressions were applied to model class membership as a function of iron status, anaemia, body weight and pubertal status.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980022001203_as3\"><jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We collected data from 408 girls aged 12\u201320 years.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980022001203_as4\"><jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Public schools in northern Mexico.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980022001203_as5\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>LCA yielded three classes of depressive symptoms: 44\u00b74 % of the adolescents were \u2018unlikely to be depressed\u2019, 41\u00b75 % were \u2018likely to be depressed\u2019 and 14\u00b71 % were \u2018highly likely to be depressed\u2019. Our analyses demonstrated that iron-deficient girls had greater odds of being \u2018likely depressed\u2019 (OR 2\u00b701, 95 % CI 1\u00b701, 3\u00b700) or \u2018highly likely depressed\u2019 (OR 2\u00b780, 95 % CI 1\u00b776, 3\u00b784). Linear regression analyses revealed that lower Hb concentrations and higher body weight increased the probability of being \u2018likely depressed\u2019. There was no evidence that depressive symptoms were associated with age at menarche and years since menstruation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S1368980022001203_as6\"><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study shows that iron-deficient adolescent girls are more likely to suffer from depressive symptoms and that lower concentrations of Hb and higher body weight increased the probability of experiencing depressive symptoms.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980022001203","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,18]],"date-time":"2022-05-18T09:48:02Z","timestamp":1652867282000},"page":"408-415","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Depressive symptoms among Mexican adolescent girls in relation to iron status, anaemia, body weight and pubertal status: results from a latent class analysis"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7420-8766","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Arli Guadalupe","family":"Zarate-Ortiz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hans","family":"Verhoef","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alida","family":"Melse-Boonstra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bo-Jane","family":"Woods","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Elida Estefania","family":"Lee-Bazald\u00faa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Edith JM","family":"Feskens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Angelica","family":"Quiroga-Garza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ana Carla","family":"Cepeda-Lopez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref37","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2019.01362"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/advances\/nmaa021"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.15171\/jarcm.2015.034"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1753-4887.2011.00432.x"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref28","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12888-020-02621-0"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref23","volume-title":"Growth Reference Data for 5\u201319 Years","year":"2007"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/978-1-4614-3110-7"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref30","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00127-018-1517-y"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/0167482X.2018.1427725"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref27","first-page":"126","article-title":"The relationship between household food insecurity and depressive symptoms among pregnant women: a cross sectional study","volume":"15","author":"Khoshgoo","year":"2020","journal-title":"Iran J Psychiatr"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref35","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1037\/a0038003"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref21","volume-title":"WHO Guideline on Use of Ferritin Concentrations to Assess Iron Status in Individuals and Populations","year":"2020"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/obr.12535"},{"key":"S1368980022001203_ref9","unstructured":"9. 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