The interaction between depression severity and triglyceride levels was significantly associated with a high Framingham Risk Score in medicated patients with major depressive disorder (p=0.018).
Cross-Sectional (n=104)
What factors are associated with a high Framingham Risk Score in medicated patients with major depressive disorder?
The interaction between depression severity and triglyceride levels is positively associated with a higher Framingham Risk Score in medicated patients with major depressive disorder.
p-value: p=0.018
Background: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with high Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in medicated patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods: We examined 61 medicated patients with MDD (mean age 37.77 ± 7.67, 90.2% women) and 43 non-depressed controls (mean age 38.26 ± 9.20, 90.7% women). We administered the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and measured systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic BP (DBP), mean arterial BP (MAP), pulse wave velocity (PWV), intima-media thickness (IMT), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and triglycerides. Results: We found that medicated patients with MDD had significantly higher levels of HAM-D score (p < 0.01), SBP (p = 0.015), MAP (p = 0.037), IL−6 level (p = 0.007), as compared with controls. Medicated patients who remained moderately to severely depressed showed significantly higher SBP (p = 0.049), DBP (p = 0.009), MAP (p = 0.024), IL−6 level (p = 0.019), left PWV (p = 0.004) and average PWV (p = 0.026) than those with mild depression. Multivariate regression showed that the interaction effect between HAM-D score and triglyceride level (p = 0.018) was significantly associated with FRS in medicated patients with MDD. Conclusions: This study highlights that the interaction effect of the severity of depression and the triglyceride level, was a modifiable factor positively associated with high FRS.
Ho et al. (Fri,) conducted a cross-sectional in Major depressive disorder (n=104). Major depressive disorder vs. Non-depressed controls was evaluated on Framingham Risk Score (FRS) (p=0.018). The interaction between depression severity and triglyceride levels was significantly associated with a high Framingham Risk Score in medicated patients with major depressive disorder (p=0.018).