Abstract P245: Impact of Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms on All Cause Mortality Among Andean Hispanics: Result From the PREVENCION Study

Introduction: Depressive/anxiety symptoms are associated with mortality among patients with established cardiovascular disease (CVD). These symptoms are also associated with higher burden of CVD risk factors. Few studies have examined whether the association between psychological symptoms and mortality is independent of CVD risk factors in community-based samples, and no study to date has focused on Andean Hispanic adults. In this study, we...