Diabetes or Depression: Which Comes First June 20, 2008
Posted by George Van Antwerp in Healthcare, Managed Care, Research.trackback
Since many of us understand the risk of co-morbidities (i.e., two diseases that commonly exist together), I think it makes a lot of sense to ask this question. Dr. Gupta from CNN had an article earlier this week on his blog about a study that was recently out on the relationship between diabetes and depression.
- Those that started with depression but no diabetes had a 42% higher risk of developing diabetes during a 3-year period.
- Patients with type 2 diabetes but no symptoms of depression were 54% higher risk for depression during that same period.
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