Trivia: How Do Repeated Low-Grade Infections Affect the Risk of Depression?

A recent nationwide, population-based cohort study examined the relationship between inflammation caused by mild infections and clinical depression. What did the researchers find?

A. Inflammation caused by mild infections increased the risk of clinical depression, but the difference was not significant.

B. There was no relationship between inflammation caused by mild infections and clinical depression.

C. Inflammation caused by mild infections lowered the risk of a patient having clinical depression.

D. Inflammation caused by mild infections significantly increased a patient’s risk of having clinical depression.

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A recent nationwide, population-based cohort study examined the relationship between inflammation caused by mild infections and clinical depression. What did the researchers find?

A. Inflammation caused by mild infections increased the risk of clinical depression, but the difference was not significant.

B. There was no relationship between inflammation caused by mild infections and clinical depression.

C. Inflammation caused by mild infections lowered the risk of a patient having clinical depression.

D. Inflammation caused by mild infections significantly increased a patient’s risk of having clinical depression.

For more details on the findings, see: Repeated Low-Grade Infections May Increase Risk of Depression.

—Terri Airov

Reference

Jeng JS, Li CT, Chen MH, et al. Repeated low-grade infections predict antidepressant-resistant depression: a nationwide population-based cohort study. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2017 December 19;[Epub ahead of print].