Why the study?
Does depression increase the risk for the onset of cardiovascular diseases?
Does depression increase the risk for the onset of cardiovascular diseases?
Depression is identified as an independent risk factor for the onset of cardiovascular diseases, highlighting the importance of psychological factors in cardiovascular risk assessment.
May inform inclusion of depression in CVD risk models; confirms association yet high heterogeneity leaves causality open.
Depression seems to be an independent risk factor for the onset of a wide range of CVDs, although this evidence is related to a high level of heterogeneity.
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