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SUBMITTER: Sin NL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4935549 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Sin Nancy L NL Kumar Anupama D AD Gehi Anil K AK Whooley Mary A MA
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 20160801 4
<h4>Background</h4>Emerging evidence indicates that the association between depression and subsequent cardiovascular events is largely mediated by health behaviors. However, it is unclear whether depression is the cause or the consequence of poor health behaviors.<h4>Purpose</h4>The purpose of the present study is to examine prospective, bidirectional relationships of depressive symptoms with behavioral and lifestyle factors among patients with coronary heart disease.<h4>Methods</h4>Depressive s ...[more]