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Depressive symptoms not found to increase risk of dementia
7 June 2017
Whitehall II findings show that there is no support for depressive symptoms increasing dementia risk.
Whitehall II data on depressive symptoms over 28 years show that depressive symptoms in later life were significantly associated with development of dementia. However, depressive symptoms in midlife, even when chronic or recurring were not significantly associated with development of dementia.聽
Thus, there is no support for the hypothesis that depressive symptoms increase dementia risk; our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that depressive symptoms are a prodromal feature of dementia or that the two share common causes.
The study has been published by the聽聽Journal of the聽American Medical Association:
Archana Singh-Manoux; Aline Dugravot; Agnes Fournier; Jessica Abell;Klaus Ebmeier; Mika Kivim盲ki; S茅verine Sabia.聽JAMA Psychiatry, May 2017.聽
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