Somatic-Affective Symptoms of Depression Have a Stronger Association with Insulin Resistance than Cognitive Symptoms

Somatic-affective depressive symptoms (SA-dep) are more common than cognitive depressive symptoms (C-dep) in cardiovascular disease (CVD), and insulin resistance is critically involved in the development of CVD. We hypothesized that insulin resistance is more strongly associated with SA-dep than with C-dep. Three hundred twenty-eight cardiac outpatients (mean age = 60) referred for exercise stress testing completed the Beck Depression Inventory...