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Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2012 Mar;137(11):523-8. doi: 10.1055/s-0031-1299009. Epub 2012 Mar 06.

[Type 2 diabetes mellitus and depressive symptoms: what is the cause of what? A systematic literature review].

Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)

[Article in German]
G Wagner, A Icks, B Albers, H-H Abholz

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  1. Abteilung für Allgemeinmedizin, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf.

PMID: 22396235 DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299009

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus type 2 and depressive symptoms are statistically associated. The question is if one of the two diseases is causal for the other.

METHODS: Systematic review using Medline and searching for prospective controlled population based observational studies and meta-analysis in English or German language.

RESULTS: Patients with type 2 diabetes have a higher incidence of depressive symptoms - compared to patients having no diabetes. And patients with depressive symptoms have a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes; however the findings for the first relation are only weak.

DISCUSSION: Knowing about this - even causal - co-morbidity is important in care, including a routine diagnostic approach to find out if the other disease is also present.

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