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The British Journal of Psychiatry 141: 162-165 (1982)
© 1982 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Vegetative symptoms in anxiety and depression

RJ Mathew, AA Swihart and ML Weinman

The incidence of vegetative symptoms was found to be higher in 61 medication-free patients with anxiety compared to an equal number of age and sex-matched normal controls. Multiple regression analysis identified depression, as rated by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), as the most highly predictive factor associated with these symptoms. Twenty-two anxious patients who obtained scores less than 5 on BDI (absent or minimal depression) were compared with an equal number of age and sex-matched patients with depression. The depressed patients reported a higher indicence of sleep disturbances, weight loss and appetite loss.