The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 4 , Pages 342-349, April 2010

Low Blood Pressure and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese Older Subjects: A Population-based Study

  • Tze-Pin Ng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Tze-Pin Ng, MD, Gerontological Research Programme, National University of Singapore, Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074
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  • Liang Feng, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • ,
  • Mathew Niti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Health Service Research and Evaluation, Ministry of Health, Singapore
    • ,
  • Keng-Bee Yap, MMed

      Affiliations

    • Gerontological Research Programme, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    • Department of Geriatrics Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore

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 Funding: The study was supported by a research grant (No. 03/1/21/17/214) from the Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore.

 Conflict of Interest: None.

 Authorship: T.P. Ng designed the study and its analytical strategy, directed its implementation, and reviewed the results and draft of the manuscript. L. Feng helped conduct the literature review, performed the statistical analysis, and prepared the Materials and Methods, and the Discussion sections of the text. M. Niti and K.B. Yap supervised the field activities and directed the quality assurance and control, and reviewed the drafts of the article.

PII: S0002-9343(09)01016-X

doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.09.026

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 4 , Pages 342-349, April 2010

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