Abstract
The authors evaluated levels of inflammatory markers in 34 chronic heart failure (CHF) outpatients age 65 years and over, with (N = 18) and without (N = 16) major depressive disorder (MDD), and healthy-control subjects (N = 13). Patients with CHF had left-ventricular ejection fractions <0.40 and were in the New York Heart Association functional class II or III. The authors used the SCID DSM-IV to diagnosis MDD. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels were significantly higher in patients with CHF and MDD as compared with healthy-control subjects. No differences regarding tumor necrosis factor α or interleukin6 were found among the three groups.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 319-324 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Psychosomatics |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |