Self-reported depression and cardiovascular risk factors in a community sample of women

Psychosomatics. 2007 Jan-Feb;48(1):54-9. doi: 10.1176/appi.psy.48.1.54.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Australia
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / psychology
  • Depressive Disorder / epidemiology*
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Population Surveillance
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Statistics as Topic