Key result
Depression is consistently associated with adverse cardiovascular disease outcomes and enhanced risk of cardiac death in women, highlighting the need for early psychosocial risk assessment.
Why the study?
Although depression is recognized as a cardiovascular risk factor, gender-specific literature remains limited despite depression predisposing women to cardiovascular death more significantly than men.
Does depression increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in women?
Does depression increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in women?
Depression is a significant predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality in women, emphasizing the need for early psychosocial risk assessment.
May warrant depression screening consideration in women with CVD; leaves open whether treatment improves outcomes.
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Gegenava et al. (2019) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease and depression. Depression vs. Absence of depression was evaluated on Cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality. Depression is consistently associated with adverse cardiovascular disease outcomes and enhanced risk of cardiac death in women, highlighting the need for early psychosocial risk assessment.
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