To study the influence of depression on risk of cardiovascular diseases development during 10 years in non-organized male population aged 25-64.
Within the framework of the MONICA--psychosocial program a representative sample of 657 men 25-64 years old (1994 year) was examined. Depression was measured at baseline with the use of the MONICA--psychosocial Interview Depression scale. The incidence of new cases of AH, MI and stroke was revealed in the WHO "Registry MI" and "Registry stroke" 10-year follow-up. Cox is a proportional regression model that was used for estimation of RR.
The proportion of depression in the cohort of men with AH was 28.9%, with MI--65.8% and of men with stroke 70.6%. The relative risk of development of AH, MI, stroke during the first five years of supervision in a group with the high level of depression as compared to those in whom depression was not observed was 6.7 times (p