In a systematic review of people with HIV, depression correlated significantly with natural oxytocin levels, which were tested only in women.
In plain wordsIn a review of people with HIV, depression was linked to the body's own oxytocin levels, which were tested only in women.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedCorrelation between oxytocin level and depression in women with HIV
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Hormone levels · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
oxytocin (only tested in women), and estradiol (only in women).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Twenty-six full-text articles were included in the review.
This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.