TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships between depressive symptoms, anxiety, alcohol consumption, and blood pressure
T2 - Results from the CARDIA study
AU - Jones-Webb, Rhonda
AU - Jacobs, David R.
AU - Flack, John M.
AU - Liu, Kiang
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Objectives: We examined cross-sectional relationships among depressive symptoms, anxiety, alcohol intake, and blood pressure. Test hypotheses were that: (1) alcohol intake, depressive symptoms, and anxiety would be positively related to blood pressure; (2) depressive symptoms and anxiety would have a stronger association with alcohol intake in Blacks than in Whites; and (3) adjustment for differences in depressive symptoms, anxiety, and alcohol intake would reduce Black-White blood pressure differences. Methods: Study hypotheses were tested in a sample of 4,352 Black and White adults, participating in the CARDIA study. Hypotheses were tested using multiple linear regression. Results: Alcohol intake was positively related to systolic (p = 0.0001) and diastolic (p = 0.0004) blood pressure in men, but not in women. Depressive symptoms and anxiety were unrelated to blood pressure. The relationship between alcohol intake and depressive symptoms differed by race/ethnicity in men (p = 0.0719) and in women (p = 0.0002). Alcohol intake increased with increasing levels of depressive symptoms, but the increase was greater in Blacks than in Whites. After accounting for alcohol intake, body mass index, and other variables, Black-White blond pressure differences were reduced in men, but not in women; most of the reduction was caused by body mass index. Conclusions: Blacks may respond differently than Whites to psychological distress.
AB - Objectives: We examined cross-sectional relationships among depressive symptoms, anxiety, alcohol intake, and blood pressure. Test hypotheses were that: (1) alcohol intake, depressive symptoms, and anxiety would be positively related to blood pressure; (2) depressive symptoms and anxiety would have a stronger association with alcohol intake in Blacks than in Whites; and (3) adjustment for differences in depressive symptoms, anxiety, and alcohol intake would reduce Black-White blood pressure differences. Methods: Study hypotheses were tested in a sample of 4,352 Black and White adults, participating in the CARDIA study. Hypotheses were tested using multiple linear regression. Results: Alcohol intake was positively related to systolic (p = 0.0001) and diastolic (p = 0.0004) blood pressure in men, but not in women. Depressive symptoms and anxiety were unrelated to blood pressure. The relationship between alcohol intake and depressive symptoms differed by race/ethnicity in men (p = 0.0719) and in women (p = 0.0002). Alcohol intake increased with increasing levels of depressive symptoms, but the increase was greater in Blacks than in Whites. After accounting for alcohol intake, body mass index, and other variables, Black-White blond pressure differences were reduced in men, but not in women; most of the reduction was caused by body mass index. Conclusions: Blacks may respond differently than Whites to psychological distress.
KW - Alcohol Intake
KW - Anxiety
KW - Blacks
KW - Blood Pressure
KW - Depressive Symptoms
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01069.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01069.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8727231
AN - SCOPUS:0030000753
SN - 0145-6008
VL - 20
SP - 420
EP - 427
JO - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 3
ER -