Author/Authors :
Haas، نويسنده , , Donald C. and Davidson، نويسنده , , Karina W. and Schwartz، نويسنده , , Daniel J. and Rieckmann، نويسنده , , Nina and Roman، نويسنده , , Mary J. and Pickering، نويسنده , , Thomas G. and Gerin، نويسنده , , William and Schwartz، نويسنده , , Joseph E.، نويسنده ,
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.
