Relationship Between Atherosclerosis and Late-Life Depression
Author(s) -
Henning Tiemeier,
Wim van Dijck,
Albert Hofman,
Jacqueline C.M. Witteman,
Theo Stijnen,
Monique M.B. Breteler
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.61.4.369
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , odds ratio , cardiology , rotterdam study , major depressive disorder , population , confidence interval , coronary artery disease , coronary atherosclerosis , cohort , cross sectional study , blood pressure , pathology , environmental health , amygdala , economics , macroeconomics
Depression in late life has been associated with vascular abnormalities. Several studies have demonstrated that persons with brain infarcts are more likely to have depressive disorders. Furthermore, depression is related to the subsequent development of ischemic heart disease.
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