Generalized Anxiety Disorder is Prospectively Associated With Decreased Levels of Interleukin-6 and Adiponectin Among Individuals from the Community

Anxiety disorders have been related to cardiovascular diseases via low-grade inflammation, but longitudinal studies on the association between generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and inflammatory biomarkers are sparse. Furthermore, no studies have examined the association between GAD and the “cardio-protective” adipocytokine adiponectin in this context so far. In a Swiss population-based sample of 2,415 adults participating in baseline and...