Diabetes and Severe Depression Raise Risk of Cardiac Mortality

Among patients with coronary artery disease, comorbid diabetes or depression increases the risk of dying from heart disease.
The risk is even higher when both diabetes and severe depression are present, investigators report today at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Budapest, Hungary.
Senior investigator Dr. Lana L. Watkins said her team's interest was roused by recent findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which showed that symptoms of depression increase the risk associated with diabetes.
"We wanted to know if these findings would also hold true for patients with coronary artery disease," Dr. Watkins told Reuters Health.

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