Comment on: Pan et al. Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Studies. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1171–1180 | Zendy

Tomoyuki Kawada | Zendy

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Comment on: Pan et al. Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Epidemiological Studies. Diabetes Care 2012;35:1171–1180

Author(s) -

Tomoyuki Kawada

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc12-1607

Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , depression (economics) , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , epidemiology , metabolic syndrome , type 2 diabetes , cohort study , endocrinology , economics , macroeconomics

Pan et al. (1) recently concluded a meta-analysis on the relationship between depression and metabolic syndrome (MetS), targeting 29 cross-sectional and 11 cohort studies. They calculated the pooled odds ratio using random-effects models. Then, they speculated the mechanism of the cause-effect relationship between the two.But before accepting their comments, I want to point out the fragility of this meta-analysis. …

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