Anatomical specificity of post-stroke depression: Subcortical lesions, age-related patterns, and predictors of treatment response

Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics between groups, n (%)/mean ± SD

Variable	Combined traditional Chinese medicine (n = 128)	Conventional (n = 128)	t/χ2	P value
Gender (man/female)	76/52	72/56	0.256	0.613
Age (years)	58.5 ± 9.0	59.3 ± 9.2	0.716	0.475
Disease duration (days)	41.2 ± 14.8	42.0 ± 15.6	0.425	0.671
Hypertension	82 (64.1)	86 (67.2)	0.282	0.596
Diabetes	46 (35.9)	50 (39.1)	0.276	0.599
Body mass index (kg/m2)	24.7 ± 3.1	24.9 ± 3.3	0.512	0.609
Smoking	39 (30.5)	42 (32.8)	0.178	0.673
Alcohol use	34 (26.6)	37 (28.9)	0.189	0.664
Previous stroke	18 (14.1)	21 (16.4)	0.295	0.587
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score (points)	6.8 ± 2.4	7.0 ± 2.5	0.667	0.506
Education (years)	10.2 ± 3.5	9.9 ± 3.7	0.683	0.495
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale score (points)	22.3 ± 5.4	21.9 ± 5.6	0.586	0.558
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale score (points)	24.5 ± 5.9	23.9 ± 6.1	0.805	0.422