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Associations of major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and aggression with subclinical variations in kidney function biomarkers among young adults: A cross-sectional study from the rafsanjan youth cohort study

Key takeaways

Young adults in a large Iranian health study were screened for depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and aggression, and their kidney blood tests were compared. People with these conditions showed small differences in markers of kidney filtering rate (eGFR), still within the normal range. This was a snapshot taken at one moment, so it shows a link only. It cannot show that mental health problems damage kidneys, or that kidney changes affect mood, and it says nothing about whether treating one helps the other.

Who did this work

Parvin Khalili (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences) · Reza Hosseiniara (Qom University of Medical Science and Health Services) · Zahra Jamali (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences) · Fatemeh Ayoobi (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences) · Sadegh Zarei (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences) · Zahra Ahmadi (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences) · Reza Bidaki (Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services) · Alireza Nazari (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences) · Rafsanjan Cohort Study (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences) · Renal Insufficiency (Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences)

Source

Paper · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-05
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-67556-0