Depressive Symptoms and Bone Mineral Density among Police Officers in a Northeastern US City

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• Alternative Title:
  Glob J Health Sci
• Personal Author:
  Charles, Luenda E. ; Fekedulegn, Desta ; Miller, Diane B. ; Wactawski-Wende, Jean ; Violanti, John M. ; Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel, Cecil M.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  The purpose of this study was to examine the association between depressive symptoms and bone mineral density (BMD).
  
  Methods
  
  Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. BMD of total hip, femoral neck, anterio-posterior (AP) spine, wrist, and total body were measured by DXA using standardized procedures. Mean levels of BMD across gender-specific tertiles of CES-D score were obtained using ANOVA and ANCOVA.
  
  Results
  
  Participants included 97 police officers (41 women; 29–64 years). Depressive symptoms were not associated with BMD at any site among men. However among women, mean BMD values decreased across increasing (worsening) tertiles of CES-D for the AP spine (low CES-D=1.22 ± 0.04; medium CES-D=1.05±0.04; high CES-D=1.03±0.04 g/cm2; p=0.035) and for the whole body (low=1.26±0.03; medium=1.20±0.03; high=1.11±0.03 g/cm2; p=0.018) after adjustment.
  
  Conclusions
  
  Higher depressive symptoms were associated with lower BMD among female but not male officers.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Bone Density Cities Depression Female Humans Male Middle Aged Police Surveys And Questionnaires
• Source:
  Glob J Health Sci. 4(3):39-50.
• Pubmed ID:
  22980231
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4681287
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  New York
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a4a06bc60349f156de0acc6f9e1e5a3a1249892295bd9a78eb996394414974d7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36880/cdc_36880_DS1.pdf
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