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This study aims to identify the symptom structure of depression among older adults on the Qinghai\u2013Tibet Plateau (the highest plateau in the world) from a network perspective. This cross-sectional study enrolled 507 older adults (ages 60\u201380 years old) from the Yushu Prefecture, which is on the Qinghai\u2013Tibet Plateau, China. Depressive symptoms were self-reported using the shortened Center for Epidemiological Studies\u2013Depression Scale (CES-D-10). Then, a Gaussian graphical model (GGM) of depression was developed. Poor sleep, fear, and hopelessness about the future exhibited high centrality in the network. The strongest edge connections emerged between unhappiness and hopelessness about the future, followed by hopelessness about the future and fear; hopelessness about the future and poor sleep; fear and unhappiness; and then poor sleep and unhappiness in the network. 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