NEW DELHI, Mar 15 : Women suffering from depression are more likely to have cardiovascular diseases than men suffering from the condition, raising the need to tailor prevention measures according to the gender, a new research suggests.
The study’s authors say one of the main reasons for more occurrences of heart diseases in women is that they experience more severe and persistent symptoms of depression compared to men.
They say that women are also more likely to suffer depression during critical periods of hormonal changes such as pregnancy and menopause.
Women with depression more likely to have heart-related diseases than men, finds study
