Psychiatric symptoms in stroke patients: Clinical features of depression and anxiety

Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants, n (%)

Characteristic	Total (n = 120)	With depression (n = 45)	Without depression (n = 75)	P value
Age (year), mean ± SD	65.7 ± 11.3	67.2 ± 10.8	64.8 ± 11.6	0.243
Male sex	68 (56.7)	24 (53.3)	44 (58.7)	0.567
Education level
Primary school or below	28 (23.3)	12 (26.7)	16 (21.3)	0.384
Secondary school	52 (43.3)	20 (44.4)	32 (42.7)	-
College or above	40 (33.3)	13 (28.9)	27 (36.0)	-
Medical history
Hypertension	82 (68.3)	32 (71.1)	50 (66.7)	0.612
Diabetes mellitus	45 (37.5)	19 (42.2)	26 (34.7)	0.412
Hyperlipidemia	58 (48.3)	23 (51.1)	35 (46.7)	0.635
Atrial fibrillation	22 (18.3)	9 (20.0)	13 (17.3)	0.714
NIHSS score, median (IQR)	6 (3-9)	7 (4-10)	5 (3-8)	0.021a
mRS score, median (IQR)	2 (1-3)	3 (2-4)	2 (1-3)	0.015a

^aP < 0.05.

IQR: Interquartile range; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; mRS: Modified Rankin Scale.