WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Certain groups of physical multimorbidity may be associated with a higher risk of subsequent depression, according to a study published online May 13 in Communications Medicine.
Lauren Nicole DeLong, from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, and colleagues investigated associations between physical multimorbidity and subsequent depression. Analysis included 142,005 participants (aged 37 to 73) with at least one chronic physical condition identified from the U.K. Biobank.
The researchers found that one group, which included people experiencing the highest rates of physical illness, also showed the highest risk of developing depression. People with both heart disease and diabetes were at high risk of depression,…