Stress across the life course and depression in a rapidly developing population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to examine the role of stress across the life course in the development of depression among older adults in a non-Western developing setting.

Methods

Multivariable linear and multinomial logistic regression were used in cross-sectional analyses of 9729 Chinese participants (mean age 60.2 years) from phase 3 of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (2006-2008) to investigate the association of childhood adversities and adulthood stressors with depression.

Results

Childhood adversities were associated with mild depression (odds ratio (OR) 1.78, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.58, 2.02) and moderate-to-severe depression (OR 2.30, 95% CI 1.68, 3.15), adjusted for age, sex, education and childhood socio-economic status. Past-year adult

SUBMITTER: Ni MY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5502762 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature