Effects of Gender-Specific Differences, Inflammatory Response, and Genetic Variation on the Associations Among Depressive Symptoms and the Risk of Major Adverse Coronary Events in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome.

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Depressive symptoms independently contribute to major adverse coronary events (MACEs), with the biological immune response to depression being a likely mediator of this relationship. To determine whether genetic- and/or gender-specific phenotypic differences contribute to associations among depressive symptoms, inflammatory response, and risk of MACE in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), we conducted a...

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