Association of depressive symptoms with the progression of carotid intima-media thickness in a community-based cohort in Beijing, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the relationship between depressive symptoms and progression of carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in a Beijing community-based population.

Design

Prospective cohort study between 2014 and 2018.

Setting

Dwellers without cardiovascular disease, hypertension or diabetes from a Beijing community.

Participants

3849 Chinese community-dwelling individuals who underwent baseline screening for depressive symptoms were invited to participate in the study in 2014 and follow-up visit in 2018. Among them, 2124 participants completed carotid ultrasound examination both at baseline and a follow-up visit. After further excluding patients with a history of stroke, myocardial infarction or lower extremity arterial stenosis and those with a diagnosis o

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature