Table 4.

Identifying independent factors associated with prevalence and initiation of antidepressant use and initiation at discharge, after excluding patients with TIA (N = 719).

	Prevalent antidepressant use	Antidepressant initiation
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Age	0.99 (0.98, 1.01)	0.98 (0.96, 1.00)
Sex
Male	Referent	Referent
Female	1.53 (1.06, 2.19)	0.83 (0.49, 1.41)
Race
White	Referent	Referent
Black	0.66 (0.45, 0.96)	0.82 (0.49, 1.38)
Tobacco
Never	Referent	Referent
Current	1.33 (0.87, 2.05)	1.07 (0.58, 1.97)
Former	1.19 (0.77, 1.84)	1.08 (0.57, 2.03)
Alcohol
Never	Referent	Referent
Current	1.04 (0.70, 1.54)	0.86 (0.49, 1.52)
Former	1.54 (0.88, 2.68)	1.40 (0.66, 2.99)
Number of comorbidities	1.14 (0.99, 1.30)	1.07 (0.88, 1.30)
Prior stroke/TIA	0.92 (0.59, 1.44)	0.77 (0.38, 1.52)
History of depression	4.44 (2.26, 8.72)	2.19 (0.72, 6.63)
Admission NIHSS	1.01 (0.99, 1.04)	1.02 (0.98, 1.06)
Discharge disposition
Home	Referent	Referent
Rehabilitation facility	1.64 (1.07, 2.50)	2.86 (1.06, 5.46)
Other	1.47 (0.84, 2.58)	2.86 (1.57, 5.21)

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