Elevated depressive symptoms and incident stroke in Hispanic, African-American, and White older Americans.

TitleElevated depressive symptoms and incident stroke in Hispanic, African-American, and White older Americans.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsM. Glymour, M, Yen, JJ, Kosheleva, A, J Moon, R, Capistrant, BD, Patton, KK
JournalJ Behav Med
Volume35
Issue2
Pagination211-20
Date Published2012 Apr
ISSN Number1573-3521
KeywordsAge Factors, Aged, Black or African American, depression, Female, Health Surveys, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Incidence, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Stroke, United States, White People
Abstract

Although depressive symptoms have been linked to stroke, most research has been in relatively ethnically homogeneous, predominantly white, samples. Using the United States based Health and Retirement Study, we compared the relationships between elevated depressive symptoms and incident first stroke for Hispanic, black, or white/other participants (N = 18,648) and estimated the corresponding Population Attributable Fractions. The prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms was higher in blacks (27%) and Hispanics (33%) than whites/others (18%). Elevated depressive symptoms prospectively predicted stroke risk in the whites/other group (HR = 1.53; 95% CI: 1.36-1.73) and among blacks (HR = 1.31; 95% CI: 1.05-1.65). The HR was similar but only marginally statistically significant among Hispanics (HR = 1.33; 95% CI: 0.92-1.91). The Population Attributable Fraction, indicating the percent of first strokes that would be prevented if the incident stroke rate in those with elevated depressive symptoms was the same as the rate for those without depressive symptoms, was 8.3% for whites/others, 7.8% for blacks, and 10.3% for Hispanics.

DOI10.1007/s10865-011-9356-2
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Endnote Keywords

depression/stroke/African American/Hispanics/Population Attributable Fraction/Population Attributable Fraction

Endnote ID

62836

Alternate JournalJ Behav Med
Citation Key7690
PubMed ID21656258
PubMed Central IDPMC3305882
Grant ListT32 HL098048 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
T32-HL098048-01 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States