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Association Between Depression And Coronary Heart Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (Brfss), 2022, Juliana Monono
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Objectives: To examine the association of depression and coronary heart disease in U.S. adults.
Methods: This cross-sectional study uses the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2022 data for non-institutionalized U.S adults aged 18 and older. The exposure variable is depression, the outcome is coronary heart disease (CHD), and covariates are age, race, education, and physical activity. Performed univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses to assess the association between depression and CHD.
Results: The analytical sample size consisted of 427,217 individuals. A total of 88,841(20.7%) of the population reported having coronary heart disease, while 338,376(70.3%) reported having no …