Open AccessIs Depression an Inflammatory Disease? Findings from a Cross-sectional Study at a Tertiary Care Center
Author(s) -
Avin Muthuramalingam,
Vikas Me,
Ravi Philip Rajkumar,
Vir Singh Negi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.178772
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , tumor necrosis factor alpha , confounding , inflammation , drug naïve , interleukin 6 , cytokine , disease , cross sectional study , gastroenterology , psychiatry , drug , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Evidence linking inflammation and depression is marred by several methodological inconsistencies. Further, varying information is present on the role of gender as a potential confounder in this association.