Why the study?
Does high psychological distress increase the risk of death from peripheral vascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and heart failure in a general population?
Population
166,631 male and female participants from 16 UK-based cohort studies
Comparison
High psychological distress vs Asymptomatic group
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 9.5 years
Authors
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High distress was associated with elevated PVD and HF mortality; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does high psychological distress increase the risk of death from peripheral vascular disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and heart failure in a general population?
High psychological distress is significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality from peripheral vascular disease and heart failure.
Batty et al. (2014) studied this question.
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