Twin Study Examines Associations Between Depression And Coronary Artery Disease
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 21:35
in Health & Medicine
Major depression and coronary artery disease are only modestly related throughout an individual's lifetime, but studying how the two interact over time and in twin pairs paints a more complex picture of the associations between the conditions, according to a new report. For example, the association between coronary artery disease onset and major depression risk is much stronger over time than vice versa.