Self-reported depression and cardiovascular risk factors in a community sample of women.
The authors examined data collected from a randomly selected, representative sample of 755 women (ages 23-97 years) from southeastern Australia. Self-report questionnaires were utilized to determine lifetime rates of depression and cardiovascular risk factors within the study sample. A lifetime history of depression (LHx) was reported by 145 women (19.20%). There were no associations between indices of weight, cholesterol levels, hypertension, inactivity, diabetes, and LHx. However, a history of smoking increased the odds of reporting an LHx, whereas women with self-reported angina were more than four times more likely to report an age-adjusted LHx.
Jacka
Felice N
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University of Melbourne, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, P.O. Box 281, Geelong 3220, Victoria, Australia. felice@barwonhealth.org.au
Pasco
Julie A
JA
McConnell
Stephen
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Williams
Lana J
LJ
Kotowicz
Mark A
MA
Nicholson
Geoff C
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Berk
Michael
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic