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Low blood pressure and risk of depression in the elderly — a prospective community-based study
Author(s)	Sabrina Paterniti, Marie-Hélène Verdier-Taillefer, Catherine Geneste
Journal title	British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 176, May 2000
Pages	pp 464-467
Keywords	Cardiovascular systems ; Depression ; Longitudinal surveys ; France.
Annotation	The temporal relationship between depression and low blood pressure was investigated in a group of 1389 French people aged 59 to 71 in the EVA (Epidémiologie du Vieillissement Artériel) longitudinal study. Among 1112 considered as non-depressed at baseline, it was found that low diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and decrease of blood pressure were indicators of high depressive symptomatology at follow-up. Baseline high CES-D (Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression) scores did not predict low blood pressure two years after. Low blood pressure was a risk factor for, but not a consequence of, high depressive symptomatology. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000609205 A
Classmark	BKK: ENR: 3J: 765
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