Depressive symptoms as risk factor of cardiovascular mortality in older European men: The Finland, Italy and Netherlands Elderly (FINE) study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-206

  Kamphuis, Marjolein H ^a   Kalmijn, Sandra ^a   Tijhuis, Marja A R ^b   Geerlings, Mirjam I ^a   Giampaoli, Simona ^c   Nissinen, Aulikki ^d,e   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   Kromhout, Daan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; cohort; depression; elderly men; mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZUNG SELF RATING DEPRESSION SCALE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746254112     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjr.0000188242.64590.92     Document Type: Article

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