In:
Psychosomatic Medicine, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 81, No. 3 ( 2019-4), p. 237-245
Abstract:
Anxiety and depression are risk factors for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), but their effects on coronary artery spasm (CAS) remain unestablished. Methods Patient records in this population-based study were retrospectively collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Using propensity score matching, we used 1:1:1 ratio stratification into a control group of 10,325 individuals without CAS or CAD, a CAS group comprising 10,473 patients, and a CAD group comprising 10,473 patients during 2000–2012. Results The prevalence of CAS and CAD was 0.067% and 8.7%, respectively, in the general population. The prevalence of anxiety and depression diagnoses was significantly higher in patients with new-onset CAS than in those with new-onset CAD and controls without CAS/CAD, even after propensity score matching. Compared with CAD, anxiety and depression diagnoses conferred a higher risk of developing CAS (odds ratio [OR] = 2.29, 95% confidence interval [CI] , 2.14–2.45, p 〈 .001, and OR = 1.34, 95% CI, 1.08–1.66, p = .007, respectively). The association was even stronger when comparing CAS with the control group without CAD or CAS (OR = 5.20, 95% CI, 4.72–5.74, p 〈 .001, and OR = 1.98, 95% CI, 1.50–2.62, p 〈 .001, respectively). The increased risk of new-onset CAS as related to previous anxiety and depression diagnoses was comparable between males and females. Conclusions Compared with CAD or the general population, anxiety and depression diagnoses confer a higher risk of developing CAS. No sex differences are found for the association of anxiety and depression with CAS.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1534-7796
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0033-3174
DOI:
10.1097/PSY.0000000000000666
Language:
English
Publisher:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date:
2019
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