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Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure in the Jackson Heart Study: Differential Risk Among Black Men and Women
Gaffey AE, Cavanagh CE, Rosman L, Wang K, Deng Y, Sims M, O’Brien E, Chamberlain AM, Mentz RJ, Glover LM, Burg MM. Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure in the Jackson Heart Study: Differential Risk Among Black Men and Women. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e022514. PMID: 35191315, PMCID: PMC9075063, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident heart failureHigher depressive symptomsHF risk factorsHeart failureDepressive symptomsCause mortalityGreater riskLifestyle factorsRisk factorsCases of HFHistory of HFJackson Heart Study participantsSignificant depressive symptomsBaseline depressive symptomsJackson Heart StudyProportional hazards modelSex-specific associationsSex-specific managementCardiovascular outcomesUnadjusted associationsUnadjusted modelsHeart StudyHazards modelSymptomsStudy participants
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Gender Differences in Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Veterans
Dhruva SS, Dziura J, Bathulapalli H, Rosman L, Gaffey AE, Davis MB, Brandt CA, Haskell SG. Gender Differences in Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Veterans. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 806-815. PMID: 36042086, PMCID: PMC9481764, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07595-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuideline-directed medical therapyIncident coronary artery diseaseCoronary artery diseaseHeart failureMedical therapyCardiovascular diseaseWomen veteransDiagnosis of HFAldosterone system inhibitorsIncident heart failureAdverse cardiovascular outcomesClinical practice guidelinesRisk of mortalityLevel of evidenceYounger women veteransHF medicationsMultiple pharmacotherapiesAntiplatelet therapyCardiovascular outcomesYounger average ageArtery diseaseCVD careGuideline recommendationsSystem inhibitorsAdverse outcomes