1. Depression and anxiety symptoms are associated with white blood cell count and red cell distribution width: A sex-stratified analysis in a population-based study
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Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan, Zahra Ghaneifar, Seyed Mahdi Hassanian, Mohsen Moohebati, Mohsen Nematy, Mojtaba Shafiee, Gordon A. Ferns, Zahra Khorasanchi, Maryam Tayefi, Naghmeh Mokhber, Habibolah Esmaeili, Hamideh Safarian, Mohammad Safarian, Mahmoud Reza Azarpajouh, Amir Avan, Mohammad Reza Parizadeh, Farzad Rahmani, Mahmoud Ebrahimi, and Alireza Heidari-Bakavoli
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Adult ,Erythrocyte Indices ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Erythrocytes ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Population ,Anxiety ,Iran ,03 medical and health sciences ,Hemoglobins ,Leukocyte Count ,0302 clinical medicine ,Endocrinology ,Sex Factors ,White blood cell ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,education ,Biological Psychiatry ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Inflammation ,education.field_of_study ,Depressive Disorder, Major ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Endocrine and Autonomic Systems ,business.industry ,Depression ,Complete blood count ,Red blood cell distribution width ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Mood disorders ,Cohort ,Immunology ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Background: Depression and anxiety are two important mood disorders that are frequently associated with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Hyper-inflammation is related to both CVDs and psychiatric conditions such as depression and anxiety. Therefore, inflammation may partially explain the relationship between depression and cardiovascular disease.\ud \ud Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the association between symptoms of depression/anxiety disorders and serum hs-CRP and inflammation linked conditions in a large Iranian population. \ud Methods: Symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders and serum hs-CRP levels were measured in 9,759 participants (40% males and 60% females) enrolled in MASHAD study. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were evaluated with Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories. According to the scores of depression and anxiety, individuals were categorized into four groups of no or minimal, low, moderate and severe categories.\ud \ud Results: The median serum hs-CRP concentration increased with increasing severity of depression and anxiety disorders. Male participants with severe depression had significantly higher levels of hs-CRP (p
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- 2017