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## Abstract ## Background Most cohort studies have found depressive symptoms to be associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in the elderly, but follow‐up times have often been short and study populations small. ## Objectives To describe associations between stronger symptoms of depression and the risk of death from coronary heart disease (CHD) or myocardial infarction (MI) in elderly Finnish subjects free of CHD at the baseline. ## Methods This study is a prospective population‐based epidemiological and clinical twelve‐year follow‐up study in Lieto Health Centre, Finland. The basic population consisted of 1196 elderly (64 years of age or older) persons who lived in the municipality of Lieto in southwestern Finland in 1990. The occurrence of CHD was determined on the basis of electrocardiographic (ECG) findings, Rose questionnaire and the diagnoses in medical records. The persons with CHD were excluded from the study population. Symptoms of depression at the baseline were measured with the Zung Self‐rating Depression Scale (ZSDS). Mortality was followed up for about 12 years. ## Results The Kaplan‐Meier survival curves showed stronger symptoms of depression to be related t

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Author

Merja Ahto; Raimo Isoaho; Hannu Puolijoki; Tero Vahlberg; Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)

Published

2006

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)