Publications

These publications are examples of research made possible with data from CanPath and its regional cohorts.

2020

Anxiety and Depression Symptom Comorbidity and the Risk of Heart Disease: A Prospective Community-Based Cohort Study

Authors: SS Descenes, RJ Burns, N Schmitz

This article was looking at the association between anxiety/depression and heart disease. They found depression without anxiety had a higher risk of heart disease. There was no significant risk of heart disease when there was anxiety, but not depression.

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2019

Depressive symptoms and sleep problems as risk factors for heart disease: a prospective community study.

Authors: SS Deschenes, R Burns, E. Graham., N. Schmitz.

The goal of this study was to see if there was an association between depressive behavior, sleep problems and risk of developing heart disease in the sample population. Using CARTaGENE data, they were able to determine that depression and sleep disorders are independent factors of heart disease and area associated with a stronger risk of heart disease when occurring together.

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2018

Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Indices of Obesity in Adults With Prediabetes and Normal Blood Glucose Levels: Results From the Emotional Health and Wellbeing Study

Authors: Rachel Burns, Soyna Deschenes, Norbert Schmitz

Depressive symptoms are associated with higher incident rates of dibaetes, but they are not sure if depressive symptoms are linked to prediabetes. The results from this study showed that there was depressive symptoms were positively associated with BMI, fat mass index, waist circumfrence in prediabetic adults. The assoications observed in people with prediabetes were stronger than those observed with normal blood glucose levels.

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2016

Prediabetes, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and risk of type 2 diabetes: A community-based cohort study

Authors: Sonya Deschenes, Rachel Burns, Eva Graham, Norbert Schimitz

This study looked at the effect of prediabetes/depression on a diabetes risk. It seemed that prediabetes/depression interacted and resulted in a diabetes increase. Depression has doubled the risk of prediabetes progressing into full on diabetes. Anxiety has also heightned the risk of prediabetes turning into diabetes.

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