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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of stroke and TIA cohorts

From: Depression and anxiety symptoms post-stroke/TIA: prevalence and associations in cross-sectional data from a regional stroke registry

 

Cohort

P-value

Stroke

TIA

(n = 4,079)

(n = 1,247)

Male

2,323

(57.0)

643

(51.6)

<0.001

Age; median (IQR)

70.3

(11.3)

70.7

(10.9)

0.178

Caucasian

3,819

(93.6)

1,167

(93.6)

0.524

Socioeconomic deprivation

    

0.024

SIMD I (most deprived)

1,610

(39.5)

550

(44.1)

SIMD II

767

(18.8)

200

(16.0)

SIMD III

483

(11.8)

145

(11.6)

SIMD IV

447

(11.0)

141

(11.3)

SIMD V (least deprived)

715

(17.5)

195

(15.6)

Alcohol intake excessive

200

(4.9)

50

(4.0)

0.192

Current smoker

920

(22.6)

306

(24.5)

0.145

Co-morbidities

     

Ischaemic heart disease

784

(19.2)

310

(24.9)

<0.001

Heart failure

263

(6.5)

70

(5.6)

0.287

Diabetes

1,088

(26.7)

262

(21.0)

<0.001

COPD

553

(13.6)

192

(24.5)

0.101

HADS; median (IQR)

     

HADS-anxiety

4

(5)

5

(5)

0.469

HADS-depression

4

(4)

4

(5)

0.008

  1. Significant values after Bonferroni correction (P < 0.005) in bold. SIMD: Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation-described as quintiles. IQR: inter-quartile range.
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