Depression but not anxiety is associated with metabolic syndrome in primary care based community sample

Depressive symptoms, anxiety and well-being among metabolic health obese subtypes

“…Mixed data in relation to anxiety and MetS exist. Comparative studies indicate that depression, but not anxiety, is associated with MetS (Butnoriene et al, 2014;Skilton et al, 2007). Based on the 2004 updated NCEP ATP III MetS criteria, we report increased risk of both depressive symptoms and anxiety among obese subjects with the MetS (MUO subjects) compared to non-obese individuals without the MetS (MHNO subjects).…”

The longitudinal association between inflammation and incident depressive symptoms in men: The effects of hs-CRP are independent of abdominal obesity and metabolic disturbances

“…Inflammation-depression links are strongest for clinical depression [20,22] and those using antidepressants [56], while obesity and metabolic health also increase risk for major depression [57,58]. Likewise, depression-metabolic associations are strongest for clinical depression [2,59]. Here, less than 8% of males reported incident depressive symptoms at 5 year follow-up.…”

Associations between diabetes, major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder comorbidity, and disability: Findings from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey — Mental Health (CCHS-MH)

“…In addition, elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms predicted the incidence of diabetes in a large population-based study [17], suggesting that the effect may be bi-directional. On the other hand, studies have also shown that GAD is not associated with an increased risk of diabetes, particularly when adjusting for depressive symptoms ( [18,19].…”