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Although depression has been associated with obesity, few prospective studies have examined risk factors for metabolic syndrome in relation to mood. Researchers in Finland conducted a prospective epidemiologic study of 448 subjects who did not have metabolic syndrome in 1998 and who completed a follow-up in 2004–2005 (baseline ages, 36–56).
Presence of metabolic syndrome was determined by measures of abdominal obesity, glucose, lipids, and blood pressure. Self-reported depressive symptoms on a standardized scale were identified at baseline in 16% of women and 8% of men. At follow-up, 22% of initially nondepressed women and 42% of initially depressed women developed metabolic syndrome, compared with 25% of nondepressed men and 12% of depresse…