Associations of depression with hypertension and citizenship among U.S. adults: A cross-sectional study of the interactions of hypertension and citizenship.

ABSTRACT: With the increasing prevalence of hypertension-related cardiovascular deaths and depression, this study examined the associations of depression with hypertension, citizenship status, and interaction of hypertension and citizenship status among U.S. adults. Data from the 2015-2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), including 63,985 individuals, were analyzed. Depression status was the outcome, with hypertension and U.S. citizenship status as the main independent variables. Using odds ratio (OR) estimates, we evaluated the associations between hypertension and depression, and citizenship status. The result indicates that a higher proportion of U.S. adults with hypertension reported depression compared to those who did not have hypertension (42.9 % vs. 37.5 %). In terms of U.S. citizens

SUBMITTER: Odame EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10728450 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature