Table 2.

Lesion location in patients with and without depressive symptoms

	Subjects with probable PSD (n = 71)		Subjects without probable PSD (n = 350)		p value
	n	%	n	%
Frontal lobe
Any side	18	25.4	30	8.6	<0.001
Left side	7	9.9	14	4.0	0.065
Right side	11	15.5	16	4.6	<0.01
Temporal lobe
Any side	18	25.4	28	8.0	<0.001
Left side	7	9.9	12	3.4	0.027
Right side	11	15.5	16	4.6	0.002
Parietal lobe
Any side	18	25.4	47	13.4	0.011
Left side	9	12.7	21	6.0	0.046
Right side	10	14.1	33	9.4	0.238
Occipital lobe
Any side	10	14.1	37	10.6	0.391
Left side	3	4.2	16	4.6	1.000
Right side	7	9.9	22	6.3	0.302
Thalamus
Any side	6	8.5	42	12.0	0.391
Left side	2	2.8	20	5.7	0.556
Right side	4	5.6	24	6.9	1.000
Caudate
Any side	6	8.5	13	3.7	0.109
Left side	3	4.2	9	2.6	0.434
Right side	3	4.2	4	1.1	0.097
Putamen
Any side	18	25.4	47	13.4	0.011
Left side	7	9.9	16	4.6	0.086
Right side	11	15.5	31	8.9	0.089
Anterior limb of internal capsule
Any side	6	8.5	13	3.7	0.109
Left side	3	4.2	7	2.0	0.383
Right side	3	4.2	6	1.7	0.181
Posterior limb of internal capsule
Any side	6	8.5	33	9.4	0.796
Left side	2	2.8	16	4.6	0.505
Right side	4	5.6	17	4.9	0.766
Corona radiata
Any side	23	32.4	111	31.7	0.911
Left side	9	12.7	61	17.4	0.327
Right side	14	19.7	50	14.3	0.245
Centrum semiovale
Any side	12	16.9	47	13.4	0.442
Left side	5	7.0	20	5.7	0.591
Right side	7	9.9	28	8.0	0.605
Hippocampus
Any side	3	4.2	15	4.3	0.982
Left side	2	2.8	7	2.0	0.652
Right side	2	2.8	8	2.3	0.679
Amygdala
Any side	0	0.0	5	1.4	0.595
Left side	0	0.0	1	0.3	1.000
Right side	0	0.0	4	1.1	1.000

PSD post-stroke depression