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. 2023 Aug 5;23:294. doi: 10.1186/s12883-023-03319-y

Table 1.

Comparison of baseline data between PSD group and Non-PSD group

Variables All patients
(n = 358)
PSD group
(n = 92)
Non-PSD group
(n = 266)
P value
Demographic data
 Age, years 65 (59, 70) 66 (60, 71) 64 (59, 70) 0.169
 Female (%) 166 (46.4) 57 (62.0) 109 (41.0) 0.001
 Education, years 4 (1, 6) 3 (0, 6) 5 (2, 6) 0.020
 Married (%) 348 (97.2) 89 (96.7) 259 (97.4) 0.752
 BMI, kg/m² 24.77 (23.22, 26.87) 24.50 (23.08, 26.67) 24.87 (23.23, 26.92) 0.789
 Hospitalization days, days 12 (10, 14) 13 (10, 15) 12 (10, 14) 0.205
Vascular risk factors
 Hypertension (%) 280 (78.2) 71 (77.2) 209 (78.6) 0.780
 Diabetes (%) 104 (29.1) 24 (26.1) 80 (30.1) 0.468
 Coronary heart disease (%) 62 (17.3) 18 (19.6) 44 (16.5) 0.509
 Hyperlipidemian (%) 111 (31.0) 27 (29.3) 84 (31.6) 0.690
 Smoking (%) 106 (29.6) 25 (27.2) 81 (30.5) 0.553
 Drinking (%) 66 (18.4) 16 (17.4) 50 (18.8) 0.764
Stroke subtypes 0.592
 LAA (%) 271 (75.7) 73 (79.3) 198 (74.4)
 CE (%) 42 (11.7) 8 (8.7) 34 (12.8)
 SAO (%) 33 (9.2) 7 (7.6) 26 (9.8)
 ESUS (%) 12 (3.4) 4 (4.3) 8 (3.0)
Neuropsychological function
 NIHSS on admission, score 2.5 (1, 4) 3 (2, 5) 2 (1, 4) 0.008
 BI score at discharge, score 90 (80, 95) 85 (70, 90) 90 (80, 100) 0.010
 mRS score at discharge, score 1 (1, 2) 1 (1, 3) 1 (1, 2) 0.006
 HAMD score, score 3 (2, 8) 12 (9, 15) 2 (1, 4) <0.001
Laboratory data
 Leucocyte, ×109 /L 6.91 (5.67, 8.30) 6.90 (6.08, 8.41) 6.95 (5.53, 8.30) 0.233
 Neutrophil, ×109 /L 4.72 (3.51, 5.76) 4.82 (4.06, 5.66) 4.64 (3.32, 5.78) 0.085
 Lymphocyte, ×109 /L 1.58 (1.23, 2.03) 1.55 (1.23, 1.89) 1.59 (1.22, 2.14) 0.305
 Hs-CRP, mg/L 2.57 (1.05, 3.56) 2.68 (1.61, 3.95) 2.57 (0.90, 3.49) 0.192
 LCN2, ng/ml 121.91 (93.13, 155.20) 139.90 (118.80, 178.85) 113.95 (87.99, 143.63) <0.001
 eGFR, ml/min/1.73m2 107.82 (87.00, 133.97) 98.17 (81.32, 119.45) 112.38 (89.03, 138.97) 0.001
Infarct volume, mm 3 1849.88 (822.79, 4125.00) 2297.50 (993.10, 5289.86) 1794.60 (760.80, 3645.08) 0.029

Abbreviations: PSD post-stroke depression, Non-PSD Non-post-stroke depression, BMI body mass index, LAA Large artery atherosclerosis, CE Cardioembolism, SAO small-artery occlusion, ESUS embolic stroke of undetermined source, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, BI Barthel Index, mRS modified Rankin Scale, HAMD Hamilton Depression Scale, Hs-CRP High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, LCN2 Lipocalin 2, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate.