Why the study?
It was unknown whether inflammation is associated with worsening depressive symptoms in type 2 diabetes and whether sex moderates this association.
Does inflammation burden predict worsening depressive symptoms in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, and does sex moderate this association?
Does inflammation burden predict worsening depressive symptoms in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, and does sex moderate this association?
In patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, elevated inflammation burden is associated with worsening depressive symptoms specifically in females, but not in males.
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Inflammation at T2D diagnosis may flag depression risk; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before any clinical use.
Moulton et al. (2019) studied this question.
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