Is ignorance bliss? Depression, antidepressants, and the diagnosis of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between clinically identified and undiagnosed prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes with depression and antidepressant medication use.

Methods

Data come from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (2005 and 2007), a population-based cross-sectional survey. Analysis is limited to adults aged 30 and older (n = 3,183, Mean age = 52.1 year). Depression syndrome was measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Participants were categorized using fasting glucose levels as normoglycemic (glucose <100 mg/dL), undiagnosed prediabetes (glucose 100-125.9), clinically identified prediabetes (glucose 100-125.9 plus clinician diagnosis), undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes (glucose >126), and clinically identified Type 2 diabetes (glucose >126 plus c

SUBMITTER: Mezuk B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3725143 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature