Association between C-reactive protein and depression: Modulated by gender and mediated by body weight

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-108

  Liu, Yuexing ^a,b   Al Sayegh, Hasan ^c   Jabrah, Rajai ^c   Wang, Wei ^a   Yan, Fei ^a   Zhang, Jian ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Health Research and Informatics Center   (China)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C reaction protein; Depression; Household population; Inflammation; National survey; NHANES

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; INFLAMMATION; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION SURVEYS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902464356     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.05.025     Document Type: Article

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