Depression as a Risk Factor for the Incidence of First-Ever Stroke in 85-Year-Olds | Zendy

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Depression as a Risk Factor for the Incidence of First-Ever Stroke in 85-Year-Olds

Author(s) -

Martin Liebetrau,

Bertil Steen,

Ingmar Skoog

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.490797

Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , risk factor , dementia , epidemiology , mood , psychiatry , pediatrics , confidence interval , mechanical engineering , physics , disease , optics , economics , macroeconomics , engineering

Depression may increase the risk for stroke. Few studies have examined whether depression increases the risk for stroke in the very old and among the demented. We examined the relation between depression in 85-year-olds and the 3-year incidence of first-ever stroke.

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