Diabetes Survival and Mortality

Diabetes plus depression increases all-cause mortality risk

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 8th, 2005

Diabetes plus depression increases all-cause mortality risk.

"The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of depression on all-cause and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality among adults with and without diabetes. We studied 10,025 participants in the population-based National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study who were alive and interviewed in 1982 and had complete data for the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale," scientists writing in the journal Diabetes Care report.

"Four groups were created based on diabetes and depression status in 1982: no diabetes, no depression (reference...

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