title: Depressive symptoms are independently predictive of carotid atherosclerosis.
abstract: The investigators tested whether depressive symptoms were predictive of carotid atherosclerosis, a marker of coronary atherosclerosis. Healthy participants (n = 219) underwent the baseline assessment of cardiovascular risk factors, including self-reported depressive symptoms, and were assessed for carotid plaque at 10-year follow-up. Adjusting for baseline cardiovascular risk factors, participants with elevated depression scores at baseline were >2 times as likely as those with no depressive symptoms to have carotid plaque.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. donald.haas@msnyuhealth.org
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Karina W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rieckmann
authors.forename: Mary J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gerin
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014463:Ultrasonography