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
The study assessed depression in a population of 1040 women and 752 men aged 65 years and older with a 7-year follow-up.
It found men with a low low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
levels had twice the risk of depression, whereas in women low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels were found to be significantly associated with increased depression. AMAZON UK Ignore the awkward! How the cholesterol myths are kept alive
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