Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center
DALLAS - Dec. 14, 2020 - Recently published UT Southwestern research reveals new insights about risk factors for depression based on data from a landmark longitudinal study focused on heart disease.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, shows a link between an inflammatory molecule in the blood and a person s likelihood of depressive symptoms. The other study, in the journal
Maturitas, indicates which symptoms of menopause are most predictive of depression.
Both studies are based on data from the Dallas Heart Study (DHS), which since 2000 has tracked the health of thousands of participants with the goal of improving the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of heart disease.