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Scientists at the University of California have drawn the conclusion that older men who suffer from depression often have low blood pressure. The study involved 594 men between 60 and 89 years. None of them took medicine for high blood pressure. The studies participants had their blood pressure measured and were then divided into three groups; those who had a diastolic blood pressure less than 75 mm mercury, those who had a diastolic pressure between 75 mm and 85 mm, and those who had a pressure of 85 mm mercury. The participants had a conversation with a nurse and were weighed, after which they completed a questionnaire regarding smoking, alcohol consumption and exercise pattern. The completed also a test, which measures the signs of depression, such as sadness, pessimism, a feeling of defeat, irritability, lack of sociable place, etc. Researchers concluded that men who had a diastolic blood pressure less than 75 mm of mercury led considerably more depression than men who had a blood pressure between 75 and 85 mm. The most prominent signs of depressed where fatigue, melancholy, lack of appetite and concerns about the State of health.

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