Anxiety, Depression Tied to Higher Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Men with high levels of distress were 60 percent more likely to have a heart attack. Shutterstock

Adults with mood disorders like anxiety and depression may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than people without mental illness, a new study suggests.

Researchers enrolled 221,677 people age 45 and older without any history of heart attack or stroke and tracked them for an average of nearly five years.