Healio (2/25, Buzby) reported, “High depressive symptoms were associated with risk for incident HF among Black women, but not Black men,” investigators concluded after evaluating “2,651 Black participants in the Jackson Heart Study…with no HF at baseline.” The study revealed that “within the overall cohort, 20.3% of participants reported high depressive symptoms, 71% of whom were women,” and that “high depressive symptoms were associated with a 43% greater risk for incident HF compared with low depressive symptoms.” The findings were published online Feb. 22 ahead of print in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Related Links:
— “High levels of depressive symptoms tied to incident HF in Black women, not men “Scott Buzby, Healio, February 25, 2022