Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure Risk in the Southern Community Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to examine whether greater frequency of depressive symptoms associates with increased risk of incident heart failure (HF).

Background

Depressive symptoms associate with adverse prognosis in patients with prevalent HF. Their association with incident HF is less studied, particularly in low-income and minority individuals.

Methods

We studied 23,937 Black or White Southern Community Cohort Study participants (median age: 53 years, 70% Black, 64% women) enrolled between 2002 and 2009, without prevalent HF, receiving Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services coverage. Cox models adjusted for traditional HF risk factors, socioeconomic and behavioral factors, social support, and antidepressant medications were used to quantify the association betw

SUBMITTER: Dixon DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8976159 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature