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

• Published in: Comprehensive psychiatry Vol. 55; no. 8; p. e56
• Main Authors: LA, Pratt, DJ, Brody
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.11.2014; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Health risk assessment; Heart; Hypertension; Obesity; Psychiatry

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...