The impact of metabolic syndrome on mental health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms.

Purpose: Results examining associations between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and depression, as well as on quality of life (QoL), are inconsistent. We aimed to determine whether individuals with MetS had decreased mental health-related QoL (MH-QoL) and higher frequency of depressive symptoms.

Methods: Data from 1,015 participants from the Fels Longitudinal Study were analyzed (mean age ± SD: 49.