Open AccessLongitudinal Changes in Depressive Symptoms and Risks of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Haibin Li,
Frank Qian,
Chenbei Hou,
Xia Li,
Qi Gao,
Yanxia Luo,
Lixin Tao,
Xinghua Yang,
Wei Wang,
Deqiang Zheng,
Xiuhua Guo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology. series a, biological sciences and medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/glz228
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , relative risk , depression (economics) , cohort study , prospective cohort study , poisson regression , population , cohort , rate ratio , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
There remains a relative paucity of evidence for the association between changes in depressive symptoms with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the association of change in depressive symptoms and incident CVD and mortality in a large prospective cohort of middle-aged and older adults.