Patients With Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Chest Pain: Impact of Obesity and Depressive Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chest pain (CP) in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease is a therapeutic challenge affecting morbidity and mortality. We aimed to identify clinical factors associated with CP in this population, hypothesizing that obesity and depressive symptoms are associated with CP.

Methods and results

In 814 patients with angiographically confirmed nonobstructive coronary artery disease, we measured sociodemographic variables, clinical risk factors, medications, and Patient Health Questionnaire 9 scores for depressive symptoms. We assessed CP frequency and prevalence by using all items from the Seattle Angina Questionnaire angina frequency domain to generate an angina frequency composite score. In the overall sample (58.8±11.7 years old, 52.6% female), 42.8% ha

SUBMITTER: Vatsa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11681450 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature