Table 2.

Factors associated with depression for white, African American, and other race/ethnic stroke survivors

	White (n = 920)		African American (n = 509)		Other Race/Ethnicity (n = 72)
Variables	Depressed	Not Depressed	Depressed	Not Depressed	Depressed	Not Depressed
n (%)	322 (35.0%)	598 (65.0%)	112 (22.0%)	397 (78.0%)	12 (16.7%)	60 (83.3%)
Age ≥ 65 yrs	59.6%	63.3%	29.5%	40.5%	33.3%	52.5%
Sex, female	56.4%	43.3%	59.8%	46.8%	50.0%	32.2%
Prestroke employment status
Retired for age	54.9%	59.3%	31.3%	42.8%	16.7%	44.1%
Retired for disability	8.5%	6.9%	17.9%	11.7%	16.7%	5.1%
Employed	20.1%	18.7%	31.3%	19.2%	33.3%	27.1%
Not working, student, or homemaker	16.6%	15.2%	19.6%	26.3%	33.3%	23.7%
Payer, primary
Private	24.8%	23.3%	33.0%	24.1%	33.3%	30.5%
Medicare	64.9%	66.5%	34.8%	48.9%	33.3%	45.8%
Medicaid	10.3%	10.3%	32.1%	27.1%	33.3%	23.7%
History of hyperlipidemia	14.4%	22.6%	19.6%	23.8%	0%	27.1%

Items significant at P < 0.05 are indicated in bold.

No association with depression for any group: marital status; prehospital living arrangements; has secondary health insurance; stroke type; admit impairment group; history of atrial fibrillation, diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension, coronary artery disease; stroke complications of hyponatremia or urinary tract infection; and stroke deficits dysphagia, aphasia, speech disturbance, cognitive deficits, hemiplegia, neglect, and ataxia.