학술논문
The Relationship Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Major Depression.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors
*BIOMARKERS
*RISK assessment
*MENTAL depression
*SYMPTOMS
*CELL adhesion molecules
*RESEARCH funding
*BODY mass index
*PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
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ISSN
1300-0667
Abstract
Introduction: Cardiovascular risk in depression has been investigated in small clinical samples and population-based studies revealing inconclusive results. However, cardiovascular risk in drug-naive depressed patients has not been tested extensively. Methods: Body mass index-based Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Scores and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) levels were used to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease in drug-naive depressed patients and healthy volunteers. Conclusion: There were no significant differences in Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Scores and individually assessed risk variables between patients and healthy controls (HC). Both groups were comparable in terms of sICAM-1. Results: The widely recognized association between cardiovascular risk and major depression might be more prominent in older depressed patients and patients with recurring episodes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]