There are a lot of clinical evidences that points out that depression makes a person more susceptible to cardiovascular diseases. Although there are studies that arrived with some facts that genes play a major role in making a person at risk for developing heart diseases.

The twins study had covered an approximately, or more than 1,200 middle-aged men, makes out a little conclusion of how genetic make-up can bring cardiovascular diseases, and this study also arrived to the fact that depression takes a major part in the pathophysiology of the disease.

Jeffrey Scherrer of Washington University and of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Louis is the head of the study. He stated that heart diseases are not only brought by depression, but also by diabetes, obesity and high cholesterol.

The twins in the study gave way to unique methods of knowing how genetic make-up can influence one’s health. Identical twins are known to share 100% of their genes, while fraternal twins have 50% of shared genes. The study of Scherrer involved identical and fraternal twins.

But according to Francois Lesperance, a psychiatrist at the University of Montreal, there is no exact evidence that will point out that treating depression would make a person have fewer chances of heart attacks. Lesperance pioneered researches that link depression to cardiovascular problems.

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