Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of
Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and …

Populations with common physical diseases–such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and
neurodegenerative disorders–experience substantially higher rates of major depressive …

Observational studies suggested a bidirectional correlation between depression and
metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components. However, the causal associations between …

BACKGROUND: The American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease …

Metabolic syndrome, also as known as Syndrome X or Insulin Resistance Syndrome, is a
complex health problem featuring visceral obesity (the main diagnostic criterion), insulin …

Depression is a common and complex mental and emotional disorder that causes disability,
morbidity, and quite often mortality around the world. Depression is closely related to several …

Background Allostatic load (AL) indicates the cumulative impact of stress on homeostatic
mechanisms. Depression and AL have been associated with cognitive deficits, but it is …

The neurobiological and behavioral underpinnings linking mental disorders, in particular,
major depressive disorder (MDD), with cardiovascular disorders are a matter of debate …

Objective Positive association of depressive and anxiety symptoms with the metabolic
syndrome (MetS) have been reported, however there is little information on these among …

Abstract Introduction Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and depression comorbidity has been
recognized, but its directionality is still uncertain. The aims of this study was to assess the …