Depressive Tendency and the Risk of Death from Pneumonia: The JACC Study

• Published in: Internal Medicine Vol. 59; no. 24; pp. 3123 - 3130
• Main Authors: Tanabe, Naohito, Seki, Nao, Horikawa, Chika, Yatsuya, Hiroshi, Yamagishi, Kazumasa, Iso, Hiroyasu, Ukawa, Shigekazu, Tamakoshi, Akiko, on behalf of JACC Study group
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 15.12.2020; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Aging; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; cohort study; Death; Depression - epidemiology; depressive tendency; Female; Humans; Internal medicine; Japan - epidemiology; Male; Mental depression; mortality; Original; Pneumonia; Proportional Hazards Models; risk factor; Risk Factors; Japan; mortality; cohort study; depressive tendency; pneumonia; risk factor

Objective The burden of death from pneumonia is expected to increase with the aging of the population, as has been observed in Japan. Depressive tendency, a common psychosocial sign, may be a risk factor for pneumonia due to its possible association with some immune dysfunction. This study aimed to...