Physical Inactivity May Triple Risk For Depression In Patients With SLE, Researchers Say

Healio (1/27, Laday) reports, “Physical inactivity confers a ‘greater than threefold increased risk’ for developing depression within the next two years among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE],” investigators concluded after analyzing data from 225 people with SLE “without baseline depression and who completed an in-person baseline assessment and at least one follow-up.” The findings were published online in the journal Arthritis Care & Research.

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— “Physical inactivity triples risk for depression in patients with lupus “Jason Laday, Healio, January 27, 2021

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