Comment on: Kan et al. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Depression and Insulin Resistance. Diabetes Care 2013;36:480–489 | Zendy

Tomoyuki Kawada | Zendy

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Comment on: Kan et al. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Depression and Insulin Resistance. Diabetes Care 2013;36:480–489

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/dc13-0403

Subject(s) - medicine , meta analysis , depression (economics) , insulin resistance , odds ratio , diabetes mellitus , association (psychology) , endocrinology , psychotherapist , psychology , economics , macroeconomics

Kan et al. (1) conducted a meta-analysis on the relationship between depression and insulin resistance (IR), targeting 25 datasets from 18 studies. They calculated the pooled odds ratio using random-effects models and observed a small but significant association between depression and IR.Before their results can be accepted, I would like to express two concerns in relation to their meta-analysis. First, Kan et al. included articles adopting different definitions for depression. In this connection, they mentioned that the magnitude …

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