Open AccessMortality Risk Varies According to Gender and Change in Depressive Status in Very Old Adults
Author(s) -
Kaarin J. Anstey,
Mary A. Luszcz
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
psychosomatic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.62
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1534-7796
pISSN - 0033-3174
DOI - 10.1097/01.psy.0000028827.64279.60
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , demography , medicine , depressive symptoms , proportional hazards model , gerontology , psychiatry , cognition , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
We aimed to evaluate whether gender and different patterns of change in depressive status over 2 years were associated with different risks of mortality in the subsequent 6 years.