aDepartment of Cardiology, Bethune First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province
bHypertension Center, Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, FuWai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
*Dr.Yang Zheng and Dr. Rutai Hui contributed equally to the writing of this article.
Correspondence to Yang Zheng, MD, PhD, 71 Xinmin Street, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, China. Tel: +86 431 88782217; fax: +86 431 88782217; e-mail: [email protected]
Abbreviations: ANS, autonomic nervous system; BP, blood pressure; CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; CI, confidence interval; df, degrees of freedom; DIS, Diagnostic Interview Schedule; DST, dexamethasone suppression test; GWB-D, General Well-Being Schedule depression subscale; HRV, heart rate variability; RR, relative risk
Received 20 October, 2011
Revised 13 December, 2011
Accepted 16 December, 2011
