Low-grade inflammation and depressive symptoms as predictors of abdominal obesity

Aim: Abundant evidence suggests that depression is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. Systemic low-grade inflammation and evolving abdominal obesity are hypothesised to be underlying mechanisms explaining the relationship. To test this hypothesis we examined the association of depressive symptoms and inflammation in developing abdominal obesity. Methods: The subjects were 726 non-diabetic men, 42–60 of age at...