Association of depression and obesity with hypertension, diabetes and heart disease

The odds ratios for hypertension, diabetes and heart disease associated with depression alone, obesity alone and depression and obesity together as compared with neither condition were calculated using logistic regression models. A separate set of logistic regression models was used to determine the...

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Published inComprehensive psychiatry Vol. 55; no. 8; p. e56
Main Authors LA, Pratt, DJ, Brody
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Elsevier Inc 01.11.2014
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes
Health risk assessment
Heart
Hypertension
Obesity
Psychiatry
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Summary:The odds ratios for hypertension, diabetes and heart disease associated with depression alone, obesity alone and depression and obesity together as compared with neither condition were calculated using logistic regression models. A separate set of logistic regression models was used to determine the odds ratio associated with a multiplicative interaction between depression and obesity for each of the three illnesses.
ISSN:0010-440X
1532-8384
DOI:10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.08.035