Depressive symptoms do not discriminate: racial and economic influences between time-varying depressive symptoms and mortality among REGARDS participants.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Depressive symptoms relapse and remit over time, perhaps differentially by race and income. Few studies have examined whether time-varying depressive symptoms (TVDS) differentially predict mortality. We sought to determine whether race (white/black) and income (MethodsThe REGARDS study is a prospective cohort study among community-dwelling U.S. adults aged 45 years or older. Cox proportional hazard models were constructed to separately analyze the association between mortality (all cause, cardiovascular death, noncardiovascular death, and cancer death) and TVDS in race and income stratified models.

Results

Point estimates were similar and statistically significant for white (aH

SUBMITTER: Jannat-Khah DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7440028 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature