It is known that sex differences exist in the development of mood disorders for men and women. This may be expected as sex differences are known to exist for many common diseasese including cardiovascular disease and obesity. Some disagreement has taken place as to whether the development of mood disorders is associated with the development of other diseases. And in many cases this uncertainty may relate to differences between the associations for men and women. For example, evidence suggests that anxiety and depression are associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in women, but not men. This association is much stronger for depression when compared to anxiety. Therefore in women there appears to be a significant link between type 2 diabetes and the risk of developing depression. It is unclear why this association may exist, but one suggestion is that men and women deal with the development of type 2 diabetes differently, in that women may be less able to cope with the stress caused by the disease.
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