Table 1.
Clinical demographic characteristics. ADL: activity daily living; BMI: body mass index; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory; ASA: acetylsalicylic acid.
| GDS < 11 (non-D) n = 6 |
GDS ≥ 11 (D) n = 29 |
Healthy n = 20 |
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| Demographics | |||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 70.0 ± 14.6 | 74.3 ± 16.3 | 53.9 ± 10.6 |
| Sex (% male) | 66.7 | 47.2 | 25.6 |
| Living alone (%) | 48.2 | 56.7 | 33.8 |
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| Vascular risk | |||
| Hypertension (%) | 92.6 | 97.9 | |
| Diabetes (%) | 20.3 | 27.8 | |
| Dyslipidemia (%) | 65.8 | 76.8 | |
| BMI ≥ 30 (%) | 16.8 | 27.9 | |
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| Concomitant medications | |||
| Antidepressants (%) | 3.4 | 23.7 | |
| ASA | 62.8 | 78.8 | |
| NSAID | 8.7 | 20.8 | |
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| Stroke characteristics | |||
| Weeks since stroke (mean ± SD) | 5.3 ± 3.7 | 5.6 ± 4.2 | |
| NIHSS scores mean ± SD | 5.2 ± 4.7 | 5.8 ± 3.5 | |
| ADL mean ± SD | 11 ± 5.6 | 10.7 ± 6.7 | |
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| Lesion location | |||
| Anterior (%) | 12.0 | 15.8 | |
| Posterior (%) | 52.6 | 36.7 | |
| Intermediate (%) | 12.0 | 27.0 | |
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| Lesion side | |||
| Left (%) | 56.7 | 58.4 | |
| Right (%) | 43.3 | 41.6 | |