Longitudinal Associations Between Inflammation and Depressive Symptoms in Chronic Dialysis Patients

Conclusions
We confirmed the presence of cross-sectional associations between inflammation markers and depressive symptoms in chronic dialysis patients, but with our longitudinal data, we found no longitudinal associations. This supports an associative instead of a causal relationship between inflammation and depressive symptoms.

Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - December 23, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research