Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Blacks: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies of depression and cardiovascular risk have been conducted in white populations. We investigated this association in a community-based cohort of blacks.

Methods and results

We used data from the Jackson Heart Study to investigate associations of baseline depressive symptoms between 2000 and 2004 with incident stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD) during 10 years. We used Kaplan-Meier estimates and Cox proportional hazards models to assess cardiovascular event risk using 3 exposure variables: any depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression score ≥16); none (score <16), minor (score 16 to <21), and major depression (score≥21); and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression score per 1-SD increase. Models were adjusted for a st

SUBMITTER: O'Brien EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4654702 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature