Change in cardiovascular health among adults with current or past major depressive disorder enrolled in intensive smoking cessation treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elevated depressive symptoms and cigarette smoking are independently associated with poorer cardiovascular health (CVH), but it is unknown whether their treatment can synergistically improve CVH. We sought to characterize CVH of adults with comorbid depression and smoking and examine changes in CVH associated with changes in smoking and depression.

Methods

Participants (N = 300, 55 % women) were adult smokers (≥ 1 cigarette/day) with lifetime major depressive disorder enrolled in a 12-week intervention trial targeting depression and smoking. Multiple linear regression examined prospective associations between changes in depression (Beck Depression Inventory-II), smoking (past 24-hour cigarettes or smoking abstinence), and modified CVH score (per American Heart Ass

SUBMITTER: Carroll AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236931 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature