Comorbidity of Cognitive Impairment and Late-Life Depression Increase Mortality: Results From a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals in Rural Greece

Conclusion:
COGI and depression, 2 entities often coexisting among elderly individuals, appear to increase all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality. Gender-specific modes may prevail but their comorbidity should be carefully assessed, as it seems to represent an independent index of increased frailty, which eventually shortens life expectancy.

Source: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology - June 14, 2016 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Georgakis, M. K., Papadopoulos, F. C., Protogerou, A. D., Pagonari, I., Sarigianni, F., Biniaris-Georgallis, S.-I., Kalogirou, E. I., Thomopoulos, T. P., Kapaki, E., Papageorgiou, C., Papageorgiou, S. G., Tousoulis, D., Petridou, E. T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research