Study: Depression in Older Adults Increases Stroke & CHD Risk

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• HLDS stands for 'high levels of depressive symptoms'
• Researchers discovered, participants with HLDS, who had;
  • HLDS 1 time, had a 15% greater risk
  • HLDS 2 times, had a 32% greater risk
  • HLDS 3 times, had a 52% greater risk
  • HLDS 4 times, had a 75% greater risk
• Involved 7,313 older adults (65+), no CHD, stroke, dementia history
  • Interviewed 4 times, over 7 years
• Applications: physicians should pay attention to HLDS in older adults
• Published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society