Risk factors and consequences of depression in later life: Findings from the health in men study (HIMS).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Health In Men Study (HIMS) has been collecting data on risk factors and health events for the past 25 years in a large community-representative sample of older men. This paper summarises key-findings of the study about depression in later life.

Methods

Narrative review of selected HIMS studies published over the past 15 years describing risk factors associated with prevalent and incident depression in older men, as well as clinical outcomes associated with depression.

Results

Data from HIMS showed that cardiovascular diseases and risk factors are associated with increased risk of depression, but this association is neither specific nor causative. Findings from HIMS are not supportive of the vascular hypothesis of depression in later life. Studies invest

SUBMITTER: Almeida OP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9997175 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature