Associations between cardiac structure and function and depressive disorder: A centenarian study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depressive disorder is a common comorbidity in patients with cardiovascular diseases and is associated with increased hospitalization and death rates. The relationships between cardiac structure and function and depressive disorder remains unclear in the older adults, especially in centenarians. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the possible associations between cardiac structure and function and depressive disorder among centenarians.

Methods

In the China Hainan Centenarian Cohort Study, the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale scores and echocardiography were used to evaluate depressive disorder and cardiac structure and function, respectively. All information, including epidemiological questionnaires, physical examinations, and blood tests, was obtained foll

SUBMITTER: Sun Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947253 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature