MOSCOW, 16 Mar. The relationship between depression and cardiovascular risk in women was described by scientists from the Tyumen Medical University (TMU). According to them, depressive disorders very often coexist with a whole complex of dangerous pathologies of the heart, blood vessels and metabolic system. The results are published in the Russian Journal of Cardiology.
Depressive and anxiety disorders are the most common mental disorders, which, as noted by experts, seriously impair the quality of life and contribute to the growth of disability on a par with somatic pathologies. According to WHO experts, almost 50% of the world's population at least once in their lives noted signs of neuropsychiatric disorders.
A team of TMU specialists found in women a correspondence between these psychological disorders and such bodily pathologies, like metabolic syndrome, increased cholesterol levels and exacerbation of symptoms of arterial hypertension.
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"Metabolic syndrome involves a violation of fat and carbohydrate metabolism and a sharp increase in body weight, and a decrease in the control of arterial hypertension makes it difficult to deal with its acute manifestations. Patients with depression are more likely to have high blood pressure, elevated lipid levels and obesity,” said Alexei Efanov, professor at the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery at the Tyumen Medical University.
As the scientists explained, the identified relationship indicates the advisability of including tests for depression in the examination plan for patients with hypertension.
depressive disorders with metabolic disorders, which, of course, must be taken into account in clinical practice,» Efanov explained.
As the study showed, hypertension and elevated cholesterol levels are observed in patients with both visible and hidden levels of psychological disorders. Hypertensive patients who do not have depressive symptoms are much less likely to experience difficulties with the normalization of pressure with the help of drugs, the scientists reported. «https://ria.ru/20220421/vyatgu-1784483967.html» data->
Women, according to scientists, were statistically more likely to have obesity, as well as clinical and elevated levels of depression. Persons without signs of depression were statistically significantly younger, more often had an above average level of education and lived in rural areas.
A wider study of psychological disorders in patients with arterial hypertension, their timely detection and correction will reduce the risk the level of mortality from cardiovascular diseases, experts are sure.
In the course of the work, 1658 people aged 25-64 living in Tyumen and the Tyumen region were examined, the scientists reported. Epidemiological research methods, tonometry, assessment of depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), blood tests in the laboratory were used. perspective.
Tyumen Medical University is a member of the Priority 2030 program.