Gender and genotype modulation of the association between lipid levels and depressive symptomatology in community-dwelling elderly (the ESPRIT study).
Ancelin ML, Carrière I, Boulenger JP, Malafosse A, Stewart R, Cristol JP, Ritchie K, Chaudieu I, Dupuy AM.
Institut de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm) and University of Montpellier 1, Hopital La Colombiere, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), Montpellier, France. marie-laure.ancelin@inserm.fr
This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20537614
In the study depression was assessed in a population of 1040 women and 752 men aged 65 years and older and after 7-year follow-up.
The findings revealed that:
(a) Depression is associated with low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
in women.(b) Depression is associated with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in men.
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