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Depression and the Metabolic Syndrome in Young Adults: Findings From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

From the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention (L.S.K., M.R.C., L.P.P., A.C.K., S.P.F.), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. M.R.C. is now at the Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

View larger version (14K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Relationship between history of a major depressive episode (MDE) and number of components of the metabolic syndrome (MS) present. Number of persons with a history of a MDE by number of metabolic syndrome components present: Women—0 components, N = 133, 1 component, N = 127, 2 components, N = 60, 3 components, N = 39, 4 to 5 components, N = 9; Men—0 components, N = 90, 1 component, N = 48, 2 components, N = 25, 3 components, N = 8, 4 to 5 components, N = 6. SEM represented with error bars.