Mateus Mendonça Vargas

TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that depressed smokers exhibited significantly higher levels of NOx, fibrinogen, hs-CRP, AOPP, ESR and lower levels of TRAP compared to non-depressed never smokers.

TL;DR: Major depression is accompanied by increased Castelli risk indexes 1 and 2, which may be risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and other key characteristics of the metabolic syndrome are not necessarily specific to major depression or bipolar disorder.

TL;DR: Investigating inflammatory markers in tobacco smokers demonstrated that depressed smokers had higher hs-CRP, IL-6, and TNF-α levels than nondepressed smokers and had worse physical health outcomes and greater work-related disability.

TL;DR: Depressed male smokers used more cigarettes daily, presented more alcohol consumption, lower levels of high-density cholesterol, higher levels of tumor necrosis factor-&agr; than depressed and nondepressed female smokers (P<0.05), however, depressed and nonsmoking female smokers were more worried about weight gain and presented lower body mass index than men.