December 1, 2014Open Access

Depression and the risk of coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Structured PICO

Does depression increase the risk of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction?

Population

Participants in prospective cohort studies

Intervention

Depression (exposure)

Outcome

Coronary heart disease (CHD) and myocardial infarction (MI)hard clinical

Depression is an independent risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction.

Abstract

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.

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Cite This Study

Gan et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56b6e75589c71d767ca8d https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-014-0371-z

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