Mediating effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the association between depression, anxiety, and cardiometabolic disorders in an ethnically diverse community-dwelling middle-aged and older US population.

Neuroinflammation is associated with depression and anxiety risk, both of which demonstrate a bilateral relationship with cardiometabolic disorders. Systemic inflammation is also commonly described in patients with cardiometabolic disorders. It is, thus, unclear whether pro-inflammatory cytokines might mediate the relationship between depression, anxiety, and cardiometabolic disorders, particularly in advanced ages.