Table 2.

Factors associated with prevalence and initiation of antidepressant prescriptions at discharge.

	Prevalent antidepressant prescriptions		Initiation of antidepressant
	Crude	Multivariable	Multivariable
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Age	1.00 (0.99, 1.01)	0.99 (0.98, 1.01)	0.98 (0.97, 1.00)
Sex
Male	Referent	Referent	Referent
Female	1.60 (1.17, 2.19)	1.53 (1.09, 2.16)	0.91 (0.55, 1.51)
Race
White	Referent	Referent	Referent
Black	0.80 (0.58, 1.11)	0.67 (0.47, 0.96)	0.85 (0.51, 1.40)
Tobacco
Never	Referent	Referent	Referent
Current	1.33 (0.91, 1.93)	1.38 (0.92, 2.10)	1.21 (0.67, 2.19)
Former	1.26 (0.86, 1.83)	1.23 (0.81, 1.85)	1.25 (0.68, 2.30)
Alcohol
Never	Referent	Referent	Referent
Current	0.94 (0.67, 1.33)	0.99 (0.68, 1.46)	0.87 (0.50, 1.52)
Former	1.45 (0.90, 2.32)	1.56 (0.93, 2.63)	1.47 (0.71, 3.05)
Number of comorbidities	1.24 (1.13, 1.36)	1.16 (1.03, 1.32)	1.03 (0.85, 1.24)
Prior stroke/TIA	1.33 (0.95, 1.86)	0.89 (0.56, 1.35)	0.84 (0.44, 1.61)
History of depression	6.76 (3.78, 12.12)	4.91 (2.59, 9.31)	2.34 (0.79, 6.93)
Admission NIHSS	1.02 (1.00, 1.04)	1.02 (0.99, 1.04)	1.02 (0.98, 1.06)
Discharge disposition
Home	Referent	Referent	Referent
Rehabilitation facility	1.56 (1.09, 2.23)	1.52 (1.01, 2.30)	2.92 (1.62, 5.28)
Other	1.39 (0.89, 2.18)	1.39 (0.80, 2.42)	2.59 (1.17, 5.76)

CI, confidence interval; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; OR, odds ratio; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

Multivariable model included age, sex, tobacco, alcohol, number of clinical comorbidities, prior stroke/TIA, history of depression, admission NIHSS, discharge disposition. Bold typeface indicates statistical significance.