Association between symptoms of unipolar depression and metabolic syndrome in a tertiary care hospital

Introduction: Depression is associated with increased physical co-morbid conditions. The results of previous studies on the relationship between symptoms of depression and metabolic syndrome are weak. Objectives: Hence this study was designed to assess the frequency of metabolic syndrome in unipolar...

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Published in:Telangana Journal of Psychiatry 2019, Vol.5 (1), p.31-34
Main Authors: S Hussain, MdMunnawar, Lenin Singh, RajKumar, Patange, Amol, Singh, NingombamHeramani, Singh, ThingbaijamBihari, Singh, Goejendro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
icd-10
metabolic syndrome
unipolar depression
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Summary:Introduction: Depression is associated with increased physical co-morbid conditions. The results of previous studies on the relationship between symptoms of depression and metabolic syndrome are weak. Objectives: Hence this study was designed to assess the frequency of metabolic syndrome in unipolar depressive patients and its association with the symptoms of unipolar depression. Materials and Methods: A total of 64 patients with unipolar depression, diagnosed according to ICD 10 guidelines were included consecutively. Spearman’s correlation was performed to find the association. Results: 23.4% of unipolar depression patients had metabolic syndrome. Our study did not reveal any significant association between the symptoms of unipolar depression and metabolic syndrome. Conclusion: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in depression is low and symptoms of depression are not associated with metabolic syndrome.
ISSN:2455-8559
DOI:10.18231/j.tjp.2019.007