Association Among BMI, Self-Esteem, and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Young Adults to Understand the Influence of Socioenvironmental Factors: Longitudinal Study

Yi Zhang   ^{1, 2 *} , MD ;   Ruixue Ying   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Wan Lu   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Xuemeng Liu   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Keyan Hu   ³ , MD ;   Qing Feng   ¹ , MD ;   Zixiang Yu   ⁴ , MD ;   Zhen Wang   ¹ , MD ;   Fangting Lu   ¹ , MD ;   Yahu Miao   ¹ , MD ;   Nanzhen Ma   ⁵ , MD ;   Fangbiao Tao   ¹ , MD ;   Tian Jiang   ¹ , MD ;   Qiu Zhang   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

² Department of Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

³ The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Clinical Medicine of Henan, University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China

⁴ Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

⁵ Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

*these authors contributed equally