Journal article
Trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults: A 6-year prospective cohort study
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol.33(2), pp.405-413
2017
Abstract
Objective: Depressive and anxiety symptoms are common in older adults, significantly affect quality of life, and are risk factors for Alzheimer's disease. We sought to identify the determinants of predominant trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms in cognitively normal older adults.
Method: Four hundred twenty-three older adults recruited from the general community underwent Aβ positron emission tomography imaging, apolipoprotein and brain-derived neurotrophic factor genotyping, and cognitive testing at baseline and had follow-up assessments. All participants were cognitively normal and free of clinical depression at baseline. Latent growth mixture modeling was used to identify predominant trajectories of subthreshold depressive and anxiety symptoms over 6 years. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify baseline predictors of symptomatic depressive and anxiety trajectories.
Results: Latent growth mixture modeling revealed two predominant trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms: a chronically elevated trajectory and a low, stable symptom trajectory, with almost one in five participants falling into the elevated trajectory groups. Male sex (relative risk ratio (RRR) = 3.23), lower attentional function (RRR = 1.90), and carriage of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met allele in women (RRR = 2.70) were associated with increased risk for chronically elevated depressive symptom trajectory. Carriage of the apolipoprotein epsilon 4 allele (RRR = 1.92) and lower executive function in women (RRR = 1.74) were associated with chronically elevated anxiety symptom trajectory.
Conclusion: Our results indicate distinct and sex-specific risk factors linked to depressive and anxiety trajectories, which may help inform risk stratification and management of these symptoms in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease.
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- Title
- Trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms in older adults: A 6-year prospective cohort study
- Authors/Creators
- S.E. Holmes (Author/Creator) - Yale UniversityI. Esterlis (Author/Creator) - Yale UniversityC.M. Mazure (Author/Creator) - Yale UniversityY.Y. Lim (Author/Creator) - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthD. Ames (Author/Creator) - St Vincent's HealthS. Rainey-Smith (Author/Creator)C. Fowler (Author/Creator) - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthK. Ellis (Author/Creator) - National Ageing Research InstituteR.N. Martins (Author/Creator) - Edith Cowan UniversityO. Salvado (Author/Creator) - Health Sciences and NutritionV. Doré (Author/Creator) - Health Sciences and NutritionV.L. Villemagne (Author/Creator) - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthC.C. Rowe (Author/Creator) - Austin HealthS.M. Laws (Author/Creator) - Edith Cowan UniversityC.L. Masters (Author/Creator) - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental HealthR.H. Pietrzak (Author/Creator) - Yale UniversityP. Maruff (Author/Creator) - Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
- Publication Details
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol.33(2), pp.405-413
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991005542951207891
- Copyright
- © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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