DHEAS levels were also significantly lower after 6 weeks in hip fracture patients with depressive symptoms (0.17 ± 0.14 mg/ml) compared with healthy controls (0.81 ± 0.36 mg/ml; p < 0.001) and the hip fracture alone group (0.43 ± 0.80 mg/ml; p = 0.008). The gene discussed is SULT2A1; the disease is hip fracture.