作者
Laura A Pratt, Daniel E Ford, Rosa M Crum, Haroutune K Armenian, Joseph J Gallo, William W Eaton
发表日期
1996/12/15
期刊
Circulation
卷号
94
期号
12
页码范围
3123-3129
出版商
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
简介
Background There is suggestive evidence that depression increases risk of myocardial infarction (MI), but there are no prospective studies in which the measure of depression corresponds to clinical criteria. This study examines prospectively whether a major depressive episode increases the risk of incident MI and evaluates the role of psychotropic medication use in this relationship.
Methods and Results The study is based on a follow-up of the Baltimore cohort of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, a survey of psychiatric disorders in the general population. A history of major depressive episode, dysphoria (2 weeks of sadness), and psychotropic medication use were assessed in 1981, and self-reported MI was assessed in 1994. Sixty-four MIs were reported among 1551 respondents free of heart trouble in 1981. Compared with respondents with no history of dysphoria, the odds ratio for MI associated with …
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