Journal of psychosomatic research
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Clinical Trial
Somatic and psychiatric comorbidity in the general elderly population: results from the ZARADEMP Project.
In a representative sample of the elderly population in a southern European city, we tested the hypothesis that there is an association between general somatic and general psychiatric morbidity. ⋯ This is the first study to document that there is a positive and statistically significant association between general somatic morbidity and general psychiatric morbidity in the (predominantly) elderly population. CVAs and thyroid disease may have more weight in this association.