Association of Cardiovascular Health With Risk of Clinically Relevant Depressive Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiovascular health may be used for prevention of depressive symptoms. However, data on the association of cardiovascular health across midlife with depressive symptoms are lacking.

Objective

To evaluate whether better baseline cardiovascular health and improvement of cardiovascular health over time are associated with a lower risk of both incident depressive symptoms and unfavorable trajectories of depressive symptoms.

Design, setting, and participants

Participants without depressive symptoms were included from a prospective community-based cohort in France (GAZEL cohort). Cardiovascular health examinations occurred in 1990 and 1997 and assessment of depressive symptoms in 1997 and every 3 years thereafter until 2015. Data were analyzed from January to O

SUBMITTER: van Sloten TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932942 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature