title: Increased mortality rates in late-life depression.
abstract: Physical illness at referral and subsequent mortality were studied in a group of elderly patients with depression, and compared with age/sex-matched controls. The depressed group was significantly less well at first interview, and had a significantly higher 4-year mortality. When the effect of physical illness was controlled, the depressed patients (particularly the men) still had a significantly higher 4-year mortality, suggesting that the greater mortality in the depressed group was not due to differences in physical health alone.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychiatry, UMDS (Guy's Campus), London.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindesay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Slattery
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors