In a study published in the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, depression and diabetes was further investigated.
The study found that diabetes and depression occur together approximately twice as frequently as would be predicted by chance alone.
“Although the psychological burden of diabetes may contribute to depression, this explanation does not fully explain the relationship between these two conditions,” noted the study.
It continued: “Both conditions may be driven by shared underlying biological and behavioural mechanisms, such as hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation, inflammation, sleep disturbance, inactive lifestyle, poor dietary habits, and environmental and cultural risk factors.”
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