Depression with inflammation: longitudinal analysis of a proposed depressive subtype in community dwelling older adults

Objective It has been proposed that inflammation may be causally related to depression. If this is the case, it may be possible to distinguish an inflammatory depressive subtype according to illness course, pattern of co‐morbidity and symptom profile. Methods Eight hundred and eleven community dwelling older adults with depression (8 item Center for Epidemiologic Studies scale ≥ 4) from the English Longitudinal study of Ageing (ELSA) were...