BIOLOGICAL AGING AS A MEDIATOR OF DEPRESSION AND MORTALITY
GSA 2024 Abstract
Abstract
Background: Depression has been linked to death from all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We aimed to examine the mediating role of biological aging in the association of depression with mortality in a representative sample of the US population.
- Depression
- Major depressive disorder
- Anthropometric aging acceleration
- Klemera-Doubal biological age
- PhenoAge
- Humans
