Sang Jin Rhee1, Eun Young Kim1, Se Hyun Kim2, Hyun Jeong Lee1, Bora Kim1, Kyooseob Ha3, Dae Hyun Yoon4, Yong Min Ahn5. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea. 2. Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Seoul National University, Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea. 3. Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea; Mood Disorders Clinic and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Gyeonggi 463-707, Republic of Korea. 4. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Yeoksam-Dong, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 135-984, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: dhyoon@snuh.org. 5. Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea; Institute of Human Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: aym@snu.ac.kr.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The evidence of the association between depression and metabolic syndrome is increasing, but the existence of sex differences in this association remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between subjective depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome and each of its components by sex in the Korean population. METHODS: The study sample comprised 15,073 men and 15,034 women who underwent routine health examinations. They completed the Beck Depression Inventory for depressive symptoms, and medical examinations provided data regarding metabolic syndrome. Adjustments for age, marriage, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, exercise, education, cancer, stroke, angina, and thyroid disease were performed. The association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome and each of its components was analyzed by multiple logistic regression. RESULTS: In women, depressive symptoms were associated with metabolic syndrome (OR=1.35, 95% CI=1.11-1.64, p=0.002) and the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol component (OR=1.26, 95% CI=1.09-1.46, p=0.002) of metabolic syndrome. There was also an association between the severity of depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome in women (OR=1.046, 95% CI=1.002-1.091, p=0.039). In men, depressive symptoms were inversely associated with the hypertension component of metabolic syndrome (OR=0.73, 95% CI=0.58-0.91, p=0.005). CONCLUSIONS: Subjective depressive symptoms were associated with metabolic syndrome only in women. Further research should consider sex differences and dyslipidemia.
OBJECTIVE: The evidence of the association between depression and metabolic syndrome is increasing, but the existence of sex differences in this association remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between subjective depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome and each of its components by sex in the Korean population. METHODS: The study sample comprised 15,073 men and 15,034 women who underwent routine health examinations. They completed the Beck Depression Inventory for depressive symptoms, and medical examinations provided data regarding metabolic syndrome. Adjustments for age, marriage, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, exercise, education, cancer, stroke, angina, and thyroid disease were performed. The association between depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome and each of its components was analyzed by multiple logistic regression. RESULTS: In women, depressive symptoms were associated with metabolic syndrome (OR=1.35, 95% CI=1.11-1.64, p=0.002) and the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol component (OR=1.26, 95% CI=1.09-1.46, p=0.002) of metabolic syndrome. There was also an association between the severity of depressive symptoms and metabolic syndrome in women (OR=1.046, 95% CI=1.002-1.091, p=0.039). In men, depressive symptoms were inversely associated with the hypertension component of metabolic syndrome (OR=0.73, 95% CI=0.58-0.91, p=0.005). CONCLUSIONS: Subjective depressive symptoms were associated with metabolic syndrome only in women. Further research should consider sex differences and dyslipidemia.
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