Comorbid cardiovascular disease is highly prevalent among middle-aged and older adults with major depression, suggesting it may be the rule rather than the exception.
Our findings indicate that among middle-aged and older US adults meeting MDD criteria more than half would also report a comorbid CVD. Comorbid CVD/MDD rates varied between the considered ethnic/race groups. Functional impairment associated with comorbid CVD/MDD was higher than MDD alone; however, depression care rates did not differ remarkably. Among middle-aged and older adults meeting MDD criteria, comorbid CVD may be the rule rather than the exception.
González et al. (Mon,) studied this question.