Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of TIA cohort according to HADS-anxiety scores
| All patients, n (%) | HADS anxiety scores | P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-7 | 8-10 | ≥11 | |||||||
| (N = 1,247) | (n = 886) | (n = 182) | (n = 179) | ||||||
| Male | 643 | (51.6) | 489 | (55.2) | 70 | (38.5) | 84 | (47.0) | <0.001 |
| Age; median (IQR) | 70.8 | (10.9) | 72.3 | (10.6) | 69.0 | (10.7) | 65.0 | (10.5) | <0.001 |
| Caucasian | 1167 | (93.6) | 828 | (93.45) | 174 | (95.6) | 165 | (92.2) | 0.166 |
| Socioeconomic deprivation | <0.001 | ||||||||
| SIMD I (most deprived) | 550 | (44.1) | 334 | (37.7) | 98 | (53.9) | 118 | (66.0) | |
| SIMD II | 200 | (16.0) | 146 | (16.5) | 28 | (15.4) | 26 | (14.5) | |
| SIMD III | 145 | (11.6) | 115 | (13.0) | 18 | (9.9) | 12 | (6.7) | |
| SIMD IV | 141 | (11.3) | 116 | (13.1) | 11 | (6.0) | 14 | (7.8) | |
| SIMD V (least deprived) | 195 | (15.6) | 166 | (18.7) | 22 | (12.1) | 7 | (3.9) | |
| Alcohol intake excessive | 50 | (4.0) | 35 | (4.0) | 7 | (3.9) | 8 | (4.5) | 0.942 |
| Current smoker | 306 | (24.5) | 181 | (20.4) | 60 | (33.0) | 65 | (36.3) | <0.001 |
| Co-morbidities | |||||||||
| Ischaemic heart disease | 310 | (24.9) | 213 | (24.0) | 48 | (26.4) | 49 | (24.9) | 0.563 |
| Heart failure | 70 | (5.6) | 55 | (6.2) | 10 | (5.5) | 5 | (2.8) | 0.194 |
| Diabetes | 262 | (21.0) | 187 | (21.1) | 36 | (19.8) | 39 | (21.8) | 0.889 |
| COPD | 192 | (15.4) | 111 | (12.5) | 34 | (18.7) | 47 | (26.3) | <0.001 |
Significant values after Bonferroni correction (P < 0.005) in bold. SIMD: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation-described as quintiles. IQR: inter-quartile range.