Longitudinal association between cardiovascular risk factors and depression in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is a common and serious mental illness that begins early in life. An association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and subsequent depression is clear in adults. We examined associations between individual CVD risk factors and depression in young people.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases from inception to 1 January 2020. We extracted data from cohort studies assessing the longitudinal association between CVD risk factors [body mass index (BMI), smoking, systolic blood pressure (SBP), total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein] and depression, measured using a validated tool in individuals with mean age of 24 years or younger. Random effect meta-analysis was used to combine effect estimates from individual studies, including

SUBMITTER: Chaplin AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975997 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature