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If you have depression, having high or poorly controlled blood pressure is the biggest reason you might have a heart problem or stroke—and if you fixed your blood pressure, you could prevent the most of these issues.

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This study found that among people with depression, having high blood pressure was the biggest reason they had heart problems — even bigger than poor diet or lack of exercise — which matches the claim exactly.

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