Background
Methods
Design
Patients selection
New York heart association classification
Patient health questionnaire – 9
Somatic and cognitive depressive symptoms
Generalized anxiety disorder scale– 7
Coronary artery stenosis severity, education background and creatinine clearance
Statistical analysis
Results
Predictors of elevated depression and anxiety symptoms
Variables | Total | Non-depressed | depressed | p value | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
mild dep. | mod-severe dep. | |||||
N = 443 | N = 271 | N = 123 | N = 49 | not clinical vs clinical | nondepressed vs depressed | |
61.2% (score < 5) | 27.8% | 11.1% (score ≥ 10) | ||||
Demographics | ||||||
Age,mean ± SD,y | 63.9 ± 9.8 | 63.0 ± 9.5 | 65.5 ± 10.0 | 64.9 ± 10.8 | 0.47 | .019 |
Male,No.(%) | 337(76.1) | 223(82.3) | 79(64.2) | 35(71.4) | 0.42 | <.001 |
Body mass index,mean ± SD,kg/m2 | 24.5 ± 3.1 | 24.6 ± 2.7 | 24.4 ± 3.5 | 24.2 ± 3.7 | 0.51 | 0.41 |
Clinical characteristics | ||||||
NYHA class I-IV,No.(%) | .017 | <.001 | ||||
Class I | 115(26.0) | 79(29.2) | 27(22.0) | 9(18.4) | ||
Class II | 261(58.9) | 169(62.4) | 66(53.7) | 26(53.1) | ||
Class III-IV | 67(15.1) | 23(8.5) | 30(24.4) | 14(28.6) | ||
Ejection Fraction,mean ± SD,% | 59.3 ± 11.0 | 60.3 ± 9.9 N = 238 | 56.4 ± 12.3 N = 112 | 60.8 ± 12.0 N = 43 | 0.33 | .024 |
Nt-ProBNP,median(interquartile),pg/mL | 123(50–382) | 106(48–309) N = 231 | 180(72–721) N = 99 | 124(47–341) N = 39 | 0.98 | .013 |
Creatinine Clearance,mean ± SD,ml/min | 65.5 ± 21.7 | 68.4 ± 20.1 | 61.1 ± 22.4 | 60.7 ± 26.3 | 0.17 | <.001 |
Type of angina pectoris,No.(%) | 0.92 | 0.94 | ||||
Unstable angina pectoris | 256(57.8) | 157(57.9) | 71(57.7) | 28(57.1) | ||
Stable angina pectoris | 187(42.2) | 114(42.1) | 52(42.3) | 21(42.9) | ||
Severity of coronary stenosis,No.(%) | 0.62 | 0.34 | ||||
1 | 93(21.0) | 51(18.8) | 33(26.8) | 9(18.4) | ||
2 | 82(18.5) | 54(19.9) | 19(15.4) | 9(18.4) | ||
3 | 268(60.5) | 166(61.3) | 71(57.7) | 31(63.3) | ||
Social factors | ||||||
Education,No.(%) | .041 | <.001 | ||||
less than 6 years | 115(26.0) | 50(18.5) | 44(35.8) | 21(42.9) | ||
7–9 years | 126(28.4) | 85(31.4) | 31(25.2) | 10(20.4) | ||
10–12 years | 97(21.9) | 63(23.2) | 25(20.3) | 9(18.4) | ||
more than 12 years | 105(23.7) | 73(26.9) | 23(18.7) | 9(18.4) | ||
Marriage,No.(%) | .068 | .023 | ||||
Married | 412(93.0) | 258(95.2) | 112(91.1) | 42(85.7) | ||
Divorced or Widowed or Single | 31(7.0) | 13(4.8) | 11(8.9) | 7(14.3) | ||
Medical history,No.(%) | ||||||
Hypertension | 276(62.3) | 162(59.8) | 78(63.4) | 34(69.4) | 0.25 | 0.26 |
Diabetes mellitus | 154(34.8) | 83(30.6) | 52(42.3) | 19(38.8) | 0.53 | .022 |
Prior PCI | 167(37.7) | 102(37.6) | 43(35.0) | 22(44.9) | 0.27 | 0.97 |
History of antidepressant treatment | 17(3.8) | 4(1.5) | 6(4.9) | 7(14.3) | <.001 | .001 |
Medication use,No.(%) | ||||||
ACEI or ARB | 317(71.6) | 190(70.1) | 93(75.6) | 34(69.4) | 0.72 | 0.40 |
β blocker | 384(86.7) | 230(84.9) | 109(88.6) | 45(91.8) | 0.26 | 0.16 |
Mono antipletelet therapy | 63(14.2) | 38(14.0) | 19(15.4) | 6(12.2) | 0.67 | 0.88 |
Dual antiplatelet therapy | 370(83.5) | 228(84.1) | 100(81.3) | 42(85.7) | 0.66 | 0.66 |
Statin | 430(97.1) | 266(98.2) | 120(97.6) | 47(95.9) | 0.36 | 0.46 |
Aldosterone receptor antagonist | 42(9.5) | 16(5.9) | 18(14.6) | 8(16.3) | .083 | .001 |
Loop diuretic | 47(10.6) | 18(6.6) | 20(16.3) | 9(18.4) | .062 | <.001 |
Anticoagulant | 20(4.5) | 10(3.7) | 8(6.5) | 2(4.1) | > 0.99 | 0.29 |
Antidepressant | 9(2.0) | 4(1.5) | 0(0) | 5(10.2) | .001 | 0.49 |
Somatic symptom score,mean(SD) | 3.05(2.87) | 1.39(1.18) | 4.37(1.44) | 8.90(2.81) | <.001 | <.001 |
Cognitive symptom score,mean(SD) | 1.36(1.98) | 0.39(0.63) | 1.98(1.46) | 5.16(2.73) | <.001 | <.001 |
Somatic / Dep. symptom score,% | 69.2 | 78.1 | 68.9 | 63.3 |
NYHA classes and clinical characteristics
Variables | Total | NYHA class I | NYHA class II | NYHA class III-IV | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 443 | N = 115 | N = 261 | N = 67 | ||
26.0% | 58.9% | 15.1% | |||
Characteristic of patients | |||||
Age,mean ± SD,y | 63.9 ± 9.8 | 61.3 ± 9.3 | 64.0 ± 9.8 | 68.2 ± 9.5 | <.001 |
Male,sex,No.(%) | 337(76.1) | 85(73.9) | 199(76.2) | 53(79.1) | 0.73 |
Body mass index,mean ± SD,kg/m2 | 24.5 ± 3.1 | 24.5± | 24.5 ± 3.0 | 24.6 ± 3.6 | 0.94 |
Ejection Fraction,mean ± SD,% | 59.3 ± 11.0 | 61.0 ± 8.2 N = 100 | 60.8 ± 12.3 N = 235 | 50.1 ± 16.1 N = 58 | <.001 |
Nt-ProBNP,median(interquartile),pg/mL | 123(50–382) | 88(37–234) N = 92 | 118(50–309) N = 228 | 733(133–3892) N = 49 | <.001 |
Creatinine Clearance,mean ± SD,ml/min | 65.5 ± 21.7 | 69.5 ± 18.2 | 67.0 ± 22.2 | 53.0 ± 21.0 | <.001 |
Type of angina pectoris,No.(%) | 0.24 | ||||
Unstable angina pectoris | 256(57.8) | 65(56.5) | 158(60.5) | 33(49.3) | |
Stable angina pectoris | 187(42.2) | 50(43.5) | 103(39.5) | 34(50.7) | |
Severity of coronary artery stenosis,No.(%) | <.001 | ||||
1 | 93(21.0) | 40(34.8) | 46(17.6) | 7(10.4) | |
2 | 82(18.5) | 19(16.5) | 54(20.7) | 9(13.4) | |
3 | 268(60.5) | 56(48.7) | 161(61.7) | 51(76.1) | |
Mood symptoms | |||||
Depression severity,No.(%) | <.001 | ||||
Non-depressed | 271(61.2) | 79(68.7) | 169(64.8) | 23(34.3) | |
Mild depression symptom | 123(27.8) | 27(23.5) | 66(25.3) | 30(44.8) | |
Moderate or severe depression symptom | 49(11.1) | 9(7.8) | 26(10.0) | 14(20.9) | |
Somatic depressive symptom score,mean(SD) | 3.05(2.87) | 2.81(2.64) | 2.79(2.76) | 4.48(3.28) | <.001 |
Cognitive depressive symptom score,mean(SD) | 1.36(1.98) | 1.21(1.94) | 1.20(1.76) | 2.24(2.58) | <.001 |
Anxiety severity,No.(%) | 0.99 | ||||
Non-anxious | 316(71.3) | 80(69.6) | 186(71.3) | 50(74.6) | |
Mild anxiety symptom | 103(23.3) | 30(26.1) | 62(23.8) | 11(16.4) | |
Moderate or severe anxiety symptom | 24(5.4) | 5(4.3) | 13(5.0) | 6(9.0) | |
Social economic factors | |||||
Education,No.(%) | 0.83 | ||||
less than 6 years | 115(26.0) | 26(22.6) | 69(26.4) | 20(29.9) | |
7–9 years | 126(28.4) | 33(28.7) | 75(28.7) | 18(26.9) | |
10–12 years | 97(21.9) | 29(25.2) | 52(19.9) | 16(23.9) | |
more than 12 years | 105(23.7) | 27(23.5) | 65(24.9) | 13(19.4) | |
Marriage,No.(%) | 0.57 | ||||
Married | 412(93.0) | 109(94.8) | 240(92.0) | 63(94.0) | |
Divorced or Widowed or Single | 31(7.0) | 6(5.2) | 21(8.0) | 4(6.0) | |
Medical history,No.(%) | |||||
Hypertension | 276(62.3) | 56(48.7) | 173(44.8) | 45(67.2) | .003 |
Diabetes mellitus | 154(34.8) | 28(24.3) | 90(34.5) | 36(53.7) | <.001 |
Prior PCI | 167(37.7) | 42(36.5) | 93(35.6) | 34(50.7) | .069 |
History of antidepressant treatment | 17(3.8) | 4(3.5) | 9(3.4) | 4(6.0) | 0.61 |
Medication use,No.(%) | |||||
ACEI or ARB | 317(71.6) | 76(66.1) | 192(73.6) | 49(73.1) | 0.32 |
β blocker | 384(86.7) | 95(82.6) | 232(88.9) | 57(85.1) | 0.23 |
Aldosterone receptor antagonist | 42(9.5) | 2(1.7) | 14(5.4) | 26(38.8) | <.001 |
Loop diuretic | 47(10.6) | 2(1.7) | 16(6.1) | 29(43.3) | <.001 |
Anticoagulant | 20(4.5) | 3(2.6) | 12(4.6) | 5(7.5) | 0.31 |
Antidepressant | 9(2.0) | 1(0.9) | 6(2.3) | 2(3.0) | 0.55 |
Associations of NYHA classes with depression and anxiety
NYHA classes | Gender | Age | Education | |||||||||||||
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NYHA class II vs I | NYHA class III /IV vs I | overall | female vs male | per 1 year increase | 7-9 vs less than 6 years | 10-12 vs less than 6 years | more then 12 vs less than 6 years | overall | ||||||||
Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | p value | |
Stable angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
depression as dichotomous variable | 0.98 (0.28,3.47) | 0.98 | 5.01 (1.30,19.3) | .019 | .010 | 1.48 (0.47,4.67) | 0.51 | 0.98 (0.93,1.04) | 0.56 | 0.51(0.12,2.15) | 0.36 | 1.25(0.31,5.07) | 0.75 | 0.93(0.23,3.83) | 0.92 | 0.64 |
as ordinal variable | 0.84 (0.41,1.71) | 0.63 | 4.36 (1.77,10.7) | .001 | <.001 | 2.27 (1.11,4.66) | 0.030 | 1.00 (0.97,1.04) | 0.97 | 0.62(0.26,1.49) | 0.29 | 1.30(0.52,3.24) | 0.58 | 0.98(0.40,2.38) | 0.97 | 0.41 |
Unstable angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
depression as dichotomous variable | 1.52 (0.52,4.47) | 0.44 | 2.49 (0.60,10.4) | 0.21 | 0.46 | 0.87 (0.33,2.27) | 0.78 | 0.99 (0.94,1.04) | 0.60 | 0.30(0.10,0.88) | .029 | 0.19(0.05,0.75) | .017 | 0.27(0.08,0.93) | .038 | .026 |
as ordinal variable | 1.61 (0.84,3.10) | 0.15 | 4.39 (1.77,10.9) | .001 | .005 | 1.48 (0.80.2.74) | 0.21 | 0.99 (0.97,1.02) | 0.68 | 0.32(0.16,0.64) | .001 | 0.26(0.12,0.56) | <.001 | 0.25(0.11,0.55) | <.001 | <.001 |
Angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
depression as dichotomous variable | 1.32 (0.59,2.96) | 0.50 | 3.32 (1.28,8.61) | .013 | .021 | 1.06 (0.52,2.19) | 0.87 | 0.99 (0.95,1.02) | 0.45 | 0.38(0.16,0.87) | .023 | 0.43(0.18,1.06) | .065 | 0.43(0.18,1.04) | .060 | .074 |
as ordinal variable | 1.17 (0.73,1.88) | 0.52 | 3.94 (2.11,7.36) | <.001 | <.001 | 1.73 (1.09,2.75) | .019 | 1.00 (0.98,1.02) | 0.83 | 0.43(0.25,0.72) | .002 | 0.50(0.28,0.88) | .016 | 0.44(0.25,0.79) | .005 | .006 |
Stable angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
anxiety as dichotomous variable | 2.59 (0.29,22.9) | 0.39 | 3.59 (0.30,43.4) | 0.32 | 0.59 | 1.21 (0.23,6.41) | 0.82 | 0.98 (0.90,1.06) | 0.56 | # | ||||||
as ordinal variable | 1.13 (0.52,2.44) | 0.76 | 0.80 (0.28,2.33) | 0.69 | 0.77 | 1.71 (0.82,3.59) | 0.16 | 1.00 (0.96,1.04) | >0.99 | # | ||||||
Unstable angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
anxiety as dichotomous variable | 0.85 (0.24,3.01) | 0.80 | 2.27 (0.47,10.9) | 0.31 | 0.36 | 1.08 (0.29,3.97) | 0.91 | 0.98 (0.93,1.04) | 0.55 | 0.82(0.22,3.07) | 0.76 | 0.39(0.07,2.22) | 0.29 | 0.62(0.13,2.89) | 0.54 | 0.74 |
as ordinal variable | 0.98 (0.51,1.88) | 0.94 | 1.37 (0.51,3.66) | 0.53 | 0.74 | 2.27 (1.19,4.33) | .013 | 0.96 (0.93,0.99) | .014 | 0.50(0.25,1.02) | .058 | 0.45(0.20,0.99) | .047 | 0.17(0.06,0.46) | <.001 | .005 |
Angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
anxiety as dichotomous variable | 1.21 (0.41,3.53) | 0.73 | 2.39 (0.66,8.73) | 0.19 | 0.35 | 0.93 (0.33,2.63) | 0.88 | 0.97 (0.93,1.02) | 0.28 | 0.37(0.12,1.20) | 0.10 | 0.38(0.11,1.35) | 0.13 | 0.46(0.14,1.53) | 0.21 | 0.29 |
as ordinal variable | 0.99 (0.60,1.92) | 0.97 | 0.96 (0.47,1.95) | 0.91 | 0.99 | 1.93 (1.18,3.16) | .008 | 0.98 (0.95,1.00) | .050 | 0.50(0.29,0.88) | .017 | 0.56(0.30,1.03) | .063 | 0.36(0.19,0.69) | .002 | .013 |
NYHA classes | Gender | Age | Education | |||||||||||||
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NYHA class II vs I | NYHA class III/IV vs I | overall | female vs male | per 1 year increase | 7-9 years vs less than 6 | 10-12 years vs less than 6 | more than 12 vs less than 6 | overall | ||||||||
Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p value | p value | |
Stable angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
somatic depressive symptoms | 0.61 (0.28,1.33) | 0.22 | 3.41 (1.29,9.00) | .013 | <.001 | 1.77 (0.79,3.93) | 0.16 | 1.02 (0.98,,1.06) | 0.43 | 0.81(0.31,2.11) | 0.67 | 1.80 (0.65,4.95) | 0.26 | 0.79 (0.29,2.15) | 0.64 | 0.29 |
cognitive depressive symptoms | 0.89 (0.40,1.97) | 0.78 | 4.56 (1.69,12.3) | .003 | <.001 | 1.64 (0.74,3.67) | 0.23 | 1.00 (0.97,1.04) | 0.88 | 0.46(0.17,1.24) | 0.12 | 0.79 (0.28,2.19) | 0.64 | 1.10 (0.43,2.87) | 0.83 | 0.28 |
Unstable angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
somatic depressive symptoms | 1.41 (0.72,2.76) | 0.32 | 2.80 (1.08,7.31) | .035 | 0.11 | 1.63 (0.85,3.11) | 0.14 | 1.02 (0.99,1.05) | 0.24 | 0.44(0.22,0.90) | .024 | 0.30 (0.13,0.69) | .004 | 0.32 (0.14,0.71) | .005 | .009 |
cognitive depressive symptoms | 1.23 (0.62,2.43) | 0.55 | 2.77 (1.04,7.38) | .042 | 0.11 | 2.11 (1.08,4.11) | .029 | 0.97 (0.94,1.00) | .058 | 0.70(0.34,1.43) | 0.32 | 0.33 (0.14,0.78) | .012 | 0.42 (0.18,0.99) | .048 | .049 |
Angina pectoris | ||||||||||||||||
somatic depressive symptoms | 1.01 (0.61,1.66) | 0.98 | 2.86 (1.47,5.56) | .002 | .001 | 1.60 (0.98,2.61) | .060 | 1.02 (1.00,1.04) | 0.12 | 0.55(0.32,0.96) | .035 | 0.60 (0.33,1.10) | .096 | 0.43 (0.23,0.79) | .007 | .041 |
cognitive depressive symptoms | 1.07 (0.64,1.78) | 0.80 | 3.28 (1.67,6.44) | <.001 | <.001 | 1.82 (1.10,3.01) | .020 | 0.98 (0.96,1.01) | 0.14 | 0.61(0.35,1.08) | .090 | 0.45 (0.24,0.86) | .016 | 0.63 (0.34,1.17) | 0.14 | 0.10 |