Smoking and the Association Between Depressive Symptoms and Absolute Neutrophil Count in the Investigations Préventives et Cliniques Cohort Study.

Objectives: Depressive symptoms have been associated with chronic low-grade inflammation, including elevated neutrophil count. Smokers often have both high neutrophil count and depressive symptoms. Thus, smoking could explain the cross-sectional association between depressive symptoms and neutrophil count.

Perceived stress, sex and occupational status interact to increase the risk of future high blood pressure: the IPC cohort study.

Background: Contrary to lay beliefs, current perceived stress is not consistently associated with the incidence of high blood pressure (BP) in prospective studies, possibly because of moderating factors. The present prospective study examined this association and explored the potential moderating effects of sex or occupational status.

Method: The 4-item Perceived Stress Scale was filled at baseline by 19 766 normotensive adults (13 652 men, mean age ± SD: 46.

Sarcopenia is predictive of nosocomial infection in care of the elderly.

Protein-energy malnutrition and nosocomial infection (NI) are frequent in elderly patients, and a causal link between the two has often been suggested. The aim of the present study was to identify the nutritional parameters predictive of NI in elderly patients. We assessed on admission 101 patients (sixty-six women, thirty-five men, aged over 65 years) admitted to an acute care of the elderly department.