Affective disorders in patients with metabolic syndrome

Abstract

The research was conducted among 625 patients aged from 25 to 70years with abdominal obesity (51,2 % women and 48,8 % men). Affective disorders (depressed mood) were revealed in 42,9 % of patients with various metabolic syndrome (MS) components. Affective disorders caused appearance and further advance of MS components, having negative influence on its course. At the increase of duration of existence of separate MS components the depressions were diagnosed more often.

Keywords

• affective disorders
• depression
• metabolic syndrome
• abdominal obesity
• type 2 diabetes mellitus