High risk for cardiovascular disease in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients with major depression—A 7-year prospective analysis of the Hong Kong DiabetesRegistry

In this study, we examined the risk association of major depression with premature mortality and CVD in a hospital clinic-based cohort.Methods: In a prospective cohort of 7835 Hong Kong Chinese with type 2diabetes but without CVD at baseline, 153 patients were diagnosed with major depression by psychiatrists in public hospitals. After a median follow-up period of 7.4years, 827 patients died and 829 patients developed CVD mainly due to stroke (n=384). We used Cox proportional hazard regression to obtain the hazard ratio (HR, 95% confidence interval, CI) of depression for the risk of mortality andCVD.Results: Depressed patients were younger (51.6 versus 56.6 years, p

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - June 2, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Rose Z.W. Ting, Eric S.H. Lau, Risa Ozaki, Winnie W.Y. Lau, Alice P.S. Kong, Andrea O.Y. Luk, Chun-Chung Chow, Ronald C.W. Ma, Yun-Kwok Wing, Juliana C.N. Chan, Wing-yee So Tags: Research Reports Source Type: research