The Contribution of Noncommunicable and Infectious Diseases to the Effect of Depression on Mortality: A Longitudinal Causal Mediation Analysis
Within the privately insured population of South Africa, MDD is associated with increased mortality. We found that noncommunicable diseases, rather than infectious diseases, are important mediators of the effect of MDD on mortality.
Authors
- Soraya Seedat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5118-786X)
- Naomi Folb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2667-0956)
- Reshma Kassanjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-8726)
- Eliane Rohner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0554-2875)
- Gary Maartens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-6606)
- Christiane Didden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1667-8139)
- Cristina Mesa-Vieira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6738-4203)
- Matthias Egger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7462-5132)
- Andreas D. Haas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4849-181X)
- Ayesha Kriel
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epidemiology
- Published
- 2024-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001804
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.78
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- University of Bern
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Mental Health
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Fogarty International Center
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute