Higher serum dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels are protectively associated with depressive symptoms in men, but not in women: A community-based cohort study of older Japanese

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1154-1163

  Michikawa, Takehiro ^a,c   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a,b   Nakano, Makiko ^a   Iwasawa, Satoko ^a   Yamada, Mutsuko ^a   Asakura, Keiko ^a   Yoshioka, Noriyuki ^a   Kuwahara, Erika ^a   Takebayashi, Toru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Cohort; Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; Depression

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPANESE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; COHORT; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84888642887     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.054     Document Type: Article

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