The influence of depression on risk development of acute cardiovascular diseases in the female population aged 25-64 in Russia.

Background: Recent studies showed that depression was an independent predictor of mortality from cardio-vascular disease in healthy women.

Objective: To explore the effect of depression (D) on relative risk (RR) of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke for 16 years (1995-2010) in the female population aged 25-64 years from Novosibirsk, Russia.

Materials And Methods: Under the third screening of the WHO "MONICA-psychosocial" (MOPSY) programme, a cohort of women aged 25-64 years (N=560) was surveyed.

The influence of social support on risk of acute cardiovascular diseases in female population aged 25-64 in Russia.

Objective: To study the prevalence of social support (SS) and its influence on the relative risk (RR) of myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke in the female population aged 25-64 in Russia.

Materials And Methods: Under the third screening of the WHO "MONICA-psychosocial" programme, a random representative sample of women aged 25-64 (n=870) were surveyed in Novosibirsk. SS was measured according to the methods of the Berkman-Sym test [indices of close contacts (ICC) and index of social network (SNI)].