Association of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Following Hurricane Katrina With Incident Cardiovascular Disease Events Among Older Adults With Hypertension.

•Few studies have examined the longitudinal association between PTSD symptoms and incident CVD in older community-dwelling adults exposed to natural disasters.•Overall, PTSD symptoms following Hurricane Katrina were associated with higher risk of incident cardiovascular disease in this cohort of older adults with hypertension.•The association between PTSD symptoms and incident CVD was significantly stronger among black versus white participants; results were similar among men and women.