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Associations between depression and anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber in adolescents and young adults. |
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Previous longitudinal studies suggest that depression and anxiety are associated with risk for cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to test whether an association between depression and anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular risk, is apparent as early as adolescence and young adulthood. |
METHODS |
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Previous longitudinal studies suggest that depression and anxiety are associated with risk for cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to test whether an association between depression and anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular risk, is apparent as early as adolescence and young adulthood. Participants were 865 adolescents and young adults who participated in the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study and the Twin Eye Study in Tasmania. Participants completed an assessment of depression/anxiety symptoms (the Somatic and Psychological Health Report) when they were 16.5 years old (mean age), and they underwent retinal imaging, on average, 2.5 years later (range, 2 years before to 7 years after the depression/anxiety assessment). Retinal vessel caliber was assessed using computer software. |
RESULTS |
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Previous longitudinal studies suggest that depression and anxiety are associated with risk for cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to test whether an association between depression and anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular risk, is apparent as early as adolescence and young adulthood. Participants were 865 adolescents and young adults who participated in the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study and the Twin Eye Study in Tasmania. Participants completed an assessment of depression/anxiety symptoms (the Somatic and Psychological Health Report) when they were 16.5 years old (mean age), and they underwent retinal imaging, on average, 2.5 years later (range, 2 years before to 7 years after the depression/anxiety assessment). Retinal vessel caliber was assessed using computer software. Depression and anxiety symptoms were associated with wider retinal arteriolar caliber in this sample of adolescents and young adults (β = 0.09, p = .016), even after adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors (β = 0.08, p = .025). Multiple regression analyses revealed that affective symptoms of depression/anxiety were associated with retinal vessel caliber independently of somatic symptoms. |
CONCLUSIONS |
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Previous longitudinal studies suggest that depression and anxiety are associated with risk for cardiovascular disease. The aim of the present study was to test whether an association between depression and anxiety symptoms and retinal vessel caliber, an indicator of subclinical cardiovascular risk, is apparent as early as adolescence and young adulthood. Participants were 865 adolescents and young adults who participated in the Brisbane Longitudinal Twin Study and the Twin Eye Study in Tasmania. Participants completed an assessment of depression/anxiety symptoms (the Somatic and Psychological Health Report) when they were 16.5 years old (mean age), and they underwent retinal imaging, on average, 2.5 years later (range, 2 years before to 7 years after the depression/anxiety assessment). Retinal vessel caliber was assessed using computer software. Depression and anxiety symptoms were associated with wider retinal arteriolar caliber in this sample of adolescents and young adults (β = 0.09, p = .016), even after adjusting for other cardiovascular risk factors (β = 0.08, p = .025). Multiple regression analyses revealed that affective symptoms of depression/anxiety were associated with retinal vessel caliber independently of somatic symptoms. Depression and anxiety symptoms are associated with measurable signs in the retinal microvasculature in early life, suggesting that pathological microvascular mechanisms linking depression/anxiety and cardiovascular disease may be operative from a young age. |
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2014/11/07 06:00 |
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2014/11/07 06:00 |
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2015/07/18 06:00 |
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Meier MH |
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Madeline H |
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From the Department of Psychology (M.H.M.), Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona; Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics (N.A.G.), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (N.A.G., N.K.H., Y.L., S.M., S.E.M., M.W., G.Z., N.G.M.), Brisbane, Australia; Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) (A.W.H., D.A.M.), University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science (A.W.H., D.A.M.), Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Brain and Mind Research Institute (I.B.H.), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Environmental and Genetic Epidemiology Research (C.S.), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics (C.S), University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Singapore Eye Research Institute (T.Y.W.), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology (T.Y.W.) and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Office of Clinical Sciences (T.Y.W.), Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore. |
Gillespie NA |
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Gillespie |
Nathan A |
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Hansell NK |
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Hansell |
Narelle K |
NK |
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Hewitt AW |
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Hewitt |
Alex W |
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Hickie IB |
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Hickie |
Ian B |
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Lu Y |
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Yi |
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MacGregor S |
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MacGregor |
Stuart |
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Medland SE |
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Medland |
Sarah E |
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Sun C |
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Cong |
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Wong TY |
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Wong |
Tien Y |
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Wright MJ |
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Wright |
Margaret J |
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Zhu G |
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Zhu |
Gu |
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Martin NG |
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Martin |
Nicholas G |
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Mackey DA |
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Mackey |
David A |
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VOLUME: 76 |
ISSUE: 9 |
TITLE: Psychosomatic medicine |
ISOABBREVIATION: Psychosom Med |
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MEDLINEDATE: 2014 Nov-Dec |
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet |
ISSN: 1534-7796 |
ISSNTYPE: Electronic |
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MEDLINETA: Psychosom Med |
COUNTRY: United States |
ISSNLINKING: 0033-3174 |
NLMUNIQUEID: 0376505 |
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Journal Article |
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural |
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Twin Study |
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R00 DA023549 |
NIDA NIH HHS |
United States |
U54 EB020403 |
NIBIB NIH HHS |
United States |
R00DA023549 |
NIDA NIH HHS |
United States |
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KEYWORDS |
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MESH HEADINGS |
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Adolescent |
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Adult |
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Anxiety |
epidemiology |
Cardiovascular Diseases |
epidemiology |
Depression |
epidemiology |
Diseases in Twins |
epidemiology |
Female |
epidemiology |
Humans |
epidemiology |
Longitudinal Studies |
epidemiology |
Male |
epidemiology |
Retinal Vessels |
pathology |
Risk |
pathology |
Tasmania |
epidemiology |
Young Adult |
epidemiology |
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CHEMICALS |
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