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Do depressive symptoms increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in outpatients with coronary heart disease?
Do depressive symptoms increase the risk of adverse cardiovascular events in outpatients with coronary heart disease?
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Behavioral factors, especially physical inactivity, largely explain the association between depressive symptoms and adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary heart disease.
In this sample of outpatients with coronary heart disease, the association between depressive symptoms and adverse cardiovascular events was largely explained by behavioral factors, particularly physical inactivity.
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