Does depression increase the risk of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction?
Depression is an independent risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction.
The results of our meta-analysis suggest that depression is independently associated with a significantly increased risk of CHD and MI, which may have implications for CHD etiological research and psychological medicine.
Gan et al. (Mon,) studied this question.
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