CNN (5/4, Marples) reports, “Women of all ages and younger men with certain mood disorders are more likely to develop certain chronic illnesses,” investigators concluded after analyzing “health data of 40,360 adults from Olmsted County in Minnesota.” The study revealed that “women in their 20s were most likely to develop chronic illnesses if they had both anxiety and depression, with an over 61% increase in risk compared with participants without either mental disorder,” while men with “with anxiety and depression in the age 20 group were most likely to develop a chronic condition, with a nearly 72% risk increase compared with the control group, and men with anxiety in the age 60 group were least likely with an over 8% decrease in risk.” The findings were published online May 2 in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Chronic diseases are more likely to develop in these groups of people with anxiety and depression “Megan Marples, CNN, May 4, 2022