Open AccessPosttraumatic Stress Disorder and Incident Heart Failure Among a Community-Based Sample of US Veterans
Author(s) -
Samit S. Roy,
Randi E. Foraker,
Richard A. Girton,
Alyssa J Mansfield
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302342
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , hazard ratio , heart failure , confidence interval , body mass index , proportional hazards model , overweight , diabetes mellitus , gerontology , endocrinology
We investigated the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and incident heart failure in a community-based sample of veterans.