Gender differences in morbidity and mortality related to depression: a review of the literature.
In this review of the existing evidence regarding a gender-specific association of depression with major health outcomes in older adults, we were unable to confirm that relative risk of morbidity and/or mortality due to depression varies with respect to gender. Future researchers may wish to concentrate their efforts in the identification of possible biophysiologic mechanisms underlying the association between depression and a variety of health outcomes.
Sevick
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Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, North Carolina 27157-1063, USA. msevick@wfubmc.edu
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution