Antihypertensive treatment and depressive symptoms in Chinese middle-aged and older hypertensive adults: A population-based longitudinal study.

The protective effect of the antihypertensive therapies might be relative to not only lowering blood pressure per se but also the management of hypertension. We proposed the early intervention to achieve the long-term protective effect of being antihypertensive and the supply of effective and collaborative care of hypertension and depression.