Depressive symptoms and cardiovascular disease: a population-based study of older adults in rural Burkina Faso.
Ben BrinkmannCollin F PayneIliana KohlerGuy HarlingJustine DaviesMiles D WithamMark J SiednerAli SieMamadou BountogoLucienne OuermiBoubacar CoulibalyTill BärnighausenPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Objectively measured cardiometabolic conditions had no significant association with depressive symptoms in an older, poor, rural SSA population, in contrast to observations in high income countries. However, consequences of cardiovascular disease such as stroke and heart attack were associated with depressive symptoms in older adults in Burkina Faso.
Keyphrases
- depressive symptoms
- physical activity
- cardiovascular disease
- social support
- south africa
- sleep quality
- atrial fibrillation
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- magnetic resonance
- cardiovascular risk factors
- middle aged
- magnetic resonance imaging
- coronary artery disease
- community dwelling
- metabolic syndrome
- blood brain barrier