Table 4 Studies of associations between psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular diseases including diagnostic interviews for psychiatric disorders
| Â | Sample | Â | Â | Â | Assessed cardiovascular risk factors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study authors | Target population and Age at baseline (years) | N (males/ females) | Diagnostic interview for psychiatric disorders | Psychiatric disorders analyzed | Outcome measure | Socio- demographic variables | Measured medical variables | Self-reported variables | Genetic testing |
Aromaa et al. (1994) | Finnish adults > 40 | 3811 (1825/1986) | Present State Examination (PSE) | Depression | Fatal cardio-vascular disease | Age | Â | Â | No |
Pratt et al. (1996) | US adults (ECA study, Baltimore) > 18 | 1551* (583/968) | Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) | Depression Dysphoria | Non-fatal myocardial infarction | Age Sex Marital status | Â | Hyper-tension | No |
Larson et al. (2001) | US adults (ECA study, Baltimore) > 18 | 1703* (632/1071) | Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) | Depression Dysthymia | Stroke (fatal and non fatal measures combined) | Age Sex Education | Â | Diabetes Blood-pressure Heart-problems Smoking | No |
Penninx et al. (2001) | Dutch older adults (LASA study) 55–85 | 2847 (1367/1480) | Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) | Major depression Minor depression | Fatal cardio-vascular disease | Age Sex Education | Hyper-tension BMI | Diabetes Stroke Lung-disease Cancer Smoking Alcohol | No |
Current study | Swiss urban adults (CoLaus/PsyCoLaus) 35–66 | 3691 (1730/1961) | Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) | Depression Anxiety disorders Substance use disorders | Coronary heart- disease, stroke | Age Sex Education Marital status | Hyper-tension Diabetes Dyslipi-demia BMI | Smoking Alcohol Physical- activity | Yes |