TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary Artery Spasm as Related to Anxiety and Depression
T2 - A Nationwide Population-Based Study
AU - Hung, Ming-Yow
AU - Mao, Chun-Tai
AU - Hung, Ming-Jui
AU - Wang, Jiunn-Kae
AU - Lee, Hsin-Chien
AU - Yeh, Chi-Tai
AU - Hu, Patrick
AU - Chen, Tien-Hsing
AU - Chang, Nen-Chung
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Anxiety and depression are risk factors for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), but their effects on coronary artery spasm (CAS) remain unestablished.METHODS: Patient records in this population-based study were retrospectively collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Using propensity score matching, we used 1:1:1 ratio stratification into a control group of 10,325 individuals without CAS or CAD, a CAS group comprising 10,473 patients, and a CAD group comprising 10,473 patients during 2000-2012.RESULTS: The prevalence of CAS and CAD was 0.067% and 8.7%, respectively, in the general population. The prevalence of anxiety and depression diagnoses was significantly higher in patients with new-onset CAS than in those with new-onset CAD and controls without CAS/CAD, even after propensity score matching. Compared with CAD, anxiety and depression diagnoses conferred a higher risk of developing CAS (odds ratio [OR] = 2.29, 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.14-2.45, p < .001, and OR = 1.34, 95% CI, 1.08-1.66, p = .007, respectively). The association was even stronger when comparing CAS with the control group without CAD or CAS (OR = 5.20, 95% CI, 4.72-5.74, p < .001, and OR = 1.98, 95% CI, 1.50-2.62, p < .001, respectively). The increased risk of new-onset CAS as related to previous anxiety and depression diagnoses was comparable between males and females.CONCLUSIONS: Compared with CAD or the general population, anxiety and depression diagnoses confer a higher risk of developing CAS. No sex differences are found for the association of anxiety and depression with CAS.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Anxiety and depression are risk factors for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), but their effects on coronary artery spasm (CAS) remain unestablished.METHODS: Patient records in this population-based study were retrospectively collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database. Using propensity score matching, we used 1:1:1 ratio stratification into a control group of 10,325 individuals without CAS or CAD, a CAS group comprising 10,473 patients, and a CAD group comprising 10,473 patients during 2000-2012.RESULTS: The prevalence of CAS and CAD was 0.067% and 8.7%, respectively, in the general population. The prevalence of anxiety and depression diagnoses was significantly higher in patients with new-onset CAS than in those with new-onset CAD and controls without CAS/CAD, even after propensity score matching. Compared with CAD, anxiety and depression diagnoses conferred a higher risk of developing CAS (odds ratio [OR] = 2.29, 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.14-2.45, p < .001, and OR = 1.34, 95% CI, 1.08-1.66, p = .007, respectively). The association was even stronger when comparing CAS with the control group without CAD or CAS (OR = 5.20, 95% CI, 4.72-5.74, p < .001, and OR = 1.98, 95% CI, 1.50-2.62, p < .001, respectively). The increased risk of new-onset CAS as related to previous anxiety and depression diagnoses was comparable between males and females.CONCLUSIONS: Compared with CAD or the general population, anxiety and depression diagnoses confer a higher risk of developing CAS. No sex differences are found for the association of anxiety and depression with CAS.
KW - anxiety
KW - coronary artery spasm
KW - depression
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U2 - 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000666
DO - 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000666
M3 - Article
C2 - 30652987
SN - 0033-3174
VL - 81
SP - 237
EP - 245
JO - Psychosomatic Medicine
JF - Psychosomatic Medicine
IS - 3
ER -
