Dozens of recent multiyear studies have traced adolescent development through time, rather than comparing sets of
adolescents at a single point.
Not exact matches
In their study Dr. Würtz and colleagues used a technique called Mendelian randomization to assess whether increases in BMI in 12,664 mostly non-obese
adolescents and young adults causally affects multiple cardiometabolic risk markers (82 molecules measured in their blood
at a
single time
point).
But most studies have assessed
adolescent depression
at a
single point in time — not cumulatively, said the researchers.