title: Scared to death: results from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to determine if anxiety is associated with mortality and if race moderates and depression mediates this relationship.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants are 3,015 adults aged 70-79 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Anxiety symptoms were significant predictors of all-cause, cardiovascular, and noncardiovascular mortality among blacks but not whites. Depression was not related to mortality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the mechanisms that underlie the relationship between anxiety and mortality are unknown, routine assessment of anxiety symptoms in clinical practice, particularly in black older adults, seems prudent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. gbrenes@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Gretchen A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Brenes
authors.forename: Stephen B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Kritchevsky
authors.forename: Kala M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yaffe
authors.forename: Eleanor M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Simonsick
authors.forename: Hilsa N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Ayonayon
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosano
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satterfield
authors.forename: Brenda W J H
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Penninx
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology