Does depression increase the risk of CHD incidence and mortality in men and women?
Depression is associated with an increased risk of incident coronary heart disease in both sexes and CHD mortality in men.
In this sample, while controlling for possible confounding factors, depression was associated with an increased risk of CHD incidence in both men and women, as well as CHD mortality in men. Depression had no effect on CHD mortality in women.
Ferketich et al. (Mon,) studied this question.