Women with depression may also be at increased risk of having a stroke, US researchers suggest.
The research, in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, said doctors should be aware people with depression may neglect their general health.
UK stroke experts said depression alone was unlikely to increase stroke risk.
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The women, all aged 54-79, who were all taking part in the long-running Nurses’ Health Study which has been following women across the US since the mid 1970s.
In this study, the researchers looked at data from 2000 to 2006.
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