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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Associations between mental disorders and subsequent onset of hypertension
General Hospital Psychiatry, Volume 36, No. 2, Year 2014
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Background: Previous work has suggested significant associations between various psychological symptoms (e.g., depression, anxiety, anger, alcohol abuse) and hypertension. However, the presence and extent of associations between common mental disorders and subsequent adult onset of hypertension remain unclear. Further, there are few data available on how such associations vary by gender or over life course. Methods: Data from the World Mental Health Surveys (comprising 19 countries and 52,095 adults) were used. Survival analyses estimated associations between first onset of common mental disorders and subsequent onset of hypertension, with and without psychiatric comorbidity adjustment. Variations in the strength of associations by gender and by life course stage of onset of both the mental disorder and hypertension were investigated. Results: After psychiatric comorbidity adjustment, depression, panic disorder, social phobia, specific phobia, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, alcohol abuse and drug abuse were significantly associated with subsequent diagnosis of hypertension (with odds ratios ranging from 1.1 to 1.6). Number of lifetime mental disorders was associated with subsequent hypertension in a dose-response fashion. For social phobia and alcohol abuse, associations with hypertension were stronger for males than females. For panic disorder, the association with hypertension was particularly apparent in earlier-onset hypertension. Conclusions: Depression, anxiety, impulsive eating disorders and substance use disorders were significantly associated with the subsequent diagnosis of hypertension. These data underscore the importance of early detection of mental disorders, and of physical health monitoring in people with these conditions. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Stein, Dan J.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio A.
United States, Davis
University of California, Davis
Alonso Caballero, J. L.
Spain, Barcelona
Hospital Del Mar
Spain, Madrid
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
Bruffaerts, Ronny
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Jonge, Peter de
Netherlands, Groningen
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Liu, Zhaourui
China, Beijing
Peking University Sixth Hospital
Caldas-de-Almeida, José M.
Portugal, Lisbon
Nova Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
O'Neill, Siobhán M.
United Kingdom, Coleraine
Ulster University
Viana, Maria Carmen Moldes
Brazil, Vitoria
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Al-Hamzawi, Ali Obaid
Iraq, Al-qadisiyah
University of Al-qadisiyah
Angermeyer, Matthias Claus
Austria, Gösing am Wagram
Center for Public Mental Health
Benjet, Corina L.
Mexico, Mexico
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente
de Graaf, Ron
Netherlands, Utrecht
Trimbos Institute, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction
Ferry, F.
United Kingdom, Coleraine
Ulster University
Kovess - Masfety, Viviane
France, Paris
Université Paris Cité
Levinson, Daphna
Israel, Jerusalem
Mental Health Services Ministry of Health
de Girolamo, Giovanni
Italy, Brescia
Irccs Centro San Giovanni Di Dio Fatebenefratelli
Florescu, Silvia E.
Romania, Bucharest
National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development
Hu, Chiyi
China, Shenzhen
Szu-shenzhen Kangning Hospital
Kawakami, Norito
Japan, Tokyo
The University of Tokyo
María Haro, Josep
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Piazza, Marina
Peru, Lima
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Posada-Villa, J. A.
Colombia, Bogota
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Wojtyniak, Bogdan
Poland, Wroclaw
Wroclaw Medical University
Xavier, Miguel
Portugal, Lisbon
Nova Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lim, Carmen C.W.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Kessler, Ronald C.
New Zealand, Dunedin
University of Otago
Scott, Kate Margaret
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Statistics
Citations: 112
Authors: 28
Affiliations: 26
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.11.002
ISSN:
01638343
e-ISSN:
18737714
Research Areas
Mental Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Substance Abuse
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Participants Gender
Female