JAHA: Depression is a risk factor for ischemic stroke in HIV-infected people

Both HIV infection and depression are associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke

Recently, the heart blood vessels published a research article on the disease areas authoritative magazine JAHA, the researchers aimed to analyze between April 1, 2003 to December 31 from the HIV-positive population and matched uninfected veterans observe in the baseline cohort Data on 106,333 (33,528 HIV-positive; 72,805 HIV-negative) participants without cardiovascular disease

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The impact of depression on stroke risk

In the Cox proportional hazards model, after adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics and cerebrovascular risk factors, depression was associated with an increased risk of stroke in HIV-positive participants (hazard ratio [HR] 1.

It can be seen that after adjusting sociodemographic characteristics, traditional cerebrovascular risk factors and HIV-specific factors, depression is associated with an increased risk of stroke in HIV-positive people