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This study aimed to evaluate the association between depressive symptoms and thoracic aortic calcification (TAC) and assess their joint prognostic value for future ASCVD events. We analyzed 2,600 participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) without baseline ASCVD. TAC was quantified using non-contrast chest CT as a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D\u2009\u2265\u200916). Linear regression assessed the association between depressive symptoms and log-transformed TAC. Cox proportional hazards models evaluated independent and joint associations of depressive symptoms and TAC tertiles with incident ASCVD, adjusting for covariates. Overall, 389 participants (15%) exhibited depressive symptoms. In fully adjusted models, depressive symptoms were not associated with TAC (\u03b2\u2009=\u20090.08; 95% CI -0.13\u20130.29), without sex-specific differences. 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