TY  - JOUR
AU  - Santoni, Serena
AU  - Kernic, Mary A.
AU  - Malloy, Kimberly
AU  - Ali, Tauqeer
AU  - Zhang, Ying
AU  - Cole, Shelley A.
AU  - Fretts, Amanda M.
PY  - 2025
TI  - Depression and Incident Hypertension: The Strong Heart Family Study
T2  - Preventing Chronic Disease
JO  - Prev Chronic Dis
SP  - E06
VL  - 22
CY  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
N2  - INTRODUCTION  Compared with White Americans, American Indian adults have disproportionately high depression rates. Previous studies in non-American Indian populations report depression as common among people with uncontrolled hypertension, potentially interfering with blood pressure control. Few studies have examined the association of depressive symptoms with hypertension development among American Indians despite that population's high burden of depression and hypertension. We examined the association of depressive symptoms with incident hypertension in a large cohort of American Indians. METHODS  We studied 1,408 American Indian participants in the Strong Heart Family Study, a longitudinal, ongoing, epidemiologic study assessing cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among American Indian populations. Depressive symptoms were assessed by using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) scale, 2001-2003. At each study examination in 2001-2003 and 2007-2009, blood pressure was measured 3 times. The average of the last 2 measurements taken at baseline and follow-up examinations was used for analyses. Incident hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure >=140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure of >=90 mm Hg, or use of hypertension medications at follow-up. To account for within-family correlation, we used generalized estimating equations to examine the association of depressive symptoms with incident hypertension. RESULTS  During follow-up, 257 participants developed hypertension. Participants with symptoms consistent with depression (CES-D >=16) at baseline had 54% higher odds of developing hypertension during follow-up (OR = 1.54; 95% CI, 1.06-2.23) compared with those without depression (CES-D <16) at baseline after adjustment for other risk factors. CONCLUSION  These data suggest that participants who experienced symptoms consistent with depression were at increased odds of incident hypertension.
SN  - 1545-1151
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd22.240230
DO  - 10.5888/pcd22.240230
ER  -