Open AccessAssociations between arterial stiffness, depressive symptoms and cerebral small vessel disease: cross-sectional findings from the AGES-Reykjavik Study
Author(s) -
Thomas T. van Sloten,
Gary F. Mitchell,
Sigurður Sigurdsson,
Mark A. van Buchem,
Pálmi V. Jónsson,
Melissa E. Garcia,
Tamara B. Harris,
Ronald M.A. Henry,
Andrew S. Levey,
Coen D.A. Stehouwer,
Vilmundur Guðnason,
Lenore J. Launer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of psychiatry and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1488-2434
pISSN - 1180-4882
DOI - 10.1503/jpn.140334
Subject(s) - arterial stiffness , medicine , hyperintensity , pulse wave velocity , cardiology , cross sectional study , depression (economics) , geriatric depression scale , confounding , depressive symptoms , blood pressure , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , psychiatry , cognition , economics , macroeconomics
Arterial stiffness may contribute to depression via cerebral microvascular damage, but evidence for this is scarce. We therefore investigated whether arterial stiffness is associated with depressive symptoms and whether cerebral small vessel disease contributes to this association.
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