Minor and Major Depression and the Risk of Death in Older Persons | Zendy

Brenda W.J.H. Penninx | Zendy; Sandra W. Geerlings | Zendy; Dorly J. H. Deeg | Zendy; J. Th. M. van Eijk | Zendy; W. van Tilburg | Zendy; Aartjan T.F. Beekman | Zendy

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Minor and Major Depression and the Risk of Death in Older Persons

Author(s) -

Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,

Sandra W. Geerlings,

Dorly J. H. Deeg,

J. Th. M. van Eijk,

W. van Tilburg,

Aartjan T.F. Beekman

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

archives of general psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3636

pISSN - 0003-990X

DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.10.889

Subject(s) - depression (economics) , confounding , medicine , confidence interval , demography , epidemiology , cohort study , relative risk , late life depression , psychiatry , gerontology , cognition , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

The association between depression and mortality in older community-dwelling populations is still unresolved. This study determined the effect of both minor and major depression on mortality and examined the role of confounding and explanatory variables on this relationship.

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