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SUBMITTER: Meier MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4290848 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meier Madeline H MH Gillespie Nathan A NA Hansell Narelle K NK Hewitt Alex W AW Hickie Ian B IB Lu Yi Y MacGregor Stuart S Medland Sarah E SE Sun Cong C Wong Tien Y TY Wright Margaret J MJ Zhu Gu G Martin Nicholas G NG Mackey David A DA
Psychosomatic medicine 20141101 9
<h4>Objective</h4>Previous longitudinal studies suggest that depression and anxiety are associated with risk for cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to test whether an association between depression and anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular risk, is apparent as early as adolescence and young adulthood.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were 865 adolescents and young adults who participated in the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study an ...[more]