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Association between a serotonin transporter gene variant and hopelessness among men in the Heart and Soul Study.
Journal of general internal medicine - 1 Oct 2010
Kangelaris Kirsten Neudoerffer, Vittinghoff Eric, Otte Christian, Na Beeya, Auerbach Andrew D, Whooley Mary A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hopelessness is associated with mortality in patients with cardiac disease even after accounting for severity of depression. We sought to determine whether a polymorphism in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTTLPR) is associated with increased hopelessness, and whether this effect is modified by sex, age, antidepressant use or depression in patients with coronary heart disease....
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