title: Self-reported depression and cardiovascular risk factors in a community sample of women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Melbourne, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, P.O. Box 281, Geelong 3220, Victoria, Australia. felice@barwonhealth.org.au
authors.forename: Felice N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Jacka
authors.forename: Julie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pasco
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: Lana J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kotowicz
authors.forename: Geoff C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: 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