Do socioeconomic factors modify the association between preoperative antidepressant use and survival following coronary artery bypass surgery?
Among patients who underwent CABG in Sweden, preoperative antidepressant use was associated with worse survival even after controlling for socioeconomic factors. The clinical implication is that the impact of depression on mortality was not influenced by socioeconomic factors.
The ability of oligofructose to reduce obesity and to improve glucose tolerance in gnotobiotic mice fed HFD was independent of the presence of B. longum.