Does baseline hypotension predict incident depression in a cohort of community-dwelling older people? Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) | Zendy

Robert Briggs | Zendy; Rose Anne Kenny | Zendy; Seán Kennelly | Zendy

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Does baseline hypotension predict incident depression in a cohort of community-dwelling older people? Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

Author(s) -

Robert Briggs,

Rose Anne Kenny,

Seán Kennelly

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afx033

Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , longitudinal study , confounding , late life depression , cohort , blood pressure , risk factor , context (archaeology) , odds ratio , cohort study , epidemiology , logistic regression , ageing , gerontology , paleontology , hippocampal formation , pathology , biology , economics , macroeconomics

hypotension is now recognised as a risk factor for syncope, cardiovascular events and mortality, but it may also represent a risk factor for late life depression (LLD). The aim of this study was to clarify the longitudinal relationship between hypotension and incident LLD.

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