Maternal depression and inflammation during pregnancy.

CONCLUSIONS: Depression is associated with a proinflammatory state during pregnancy. These associations are mediated by early pregnancy BMI, and depressive symptoms during pregnancy aggravate the inflammation related to obesity.
PMID: 31439060 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - August 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lahti-Pulkkinen M, Girchenko P, Robinson R, Lehto SM, Toffol E, Heinonen K, Reynolds RM, Kajantie E, Laivuori H, Villa PM, Hämäläinen E, Lahti J, Räikkönen K Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research