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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of TIA cohort according to HADS-depression scores

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

 

All patients, n (%)

HADS depression scores

P-value

0-7

8-10

≥11

(N = 1,247)

(n = 993)

(n = 147)

(n = 107)

Male

643

(51.6)

511

(51.5)

71

(48.3)

61

(57.0)

0.386

Age; median (IQR)

70.8

(10.9)

71.6

(10.7)

69.3

(11.1)

65.0

(10.6)

<0.001

Caucasian

1167

(93.6)

932

(93.9)

138

(93.9)

97

(90.7)

0.280

Socioeconomic deprivation

        

<0.001

SIMD I (most deprived)

550

(44.1)

404

(40.7)

79

(53.7)

67

(62.6)

SIMD II

200

(16.0)

159

(16.0)

23

(15.7)

18

(16.8)

SIMD III

145

(11.6)

120

(12.1)

15

(10.2)

10

(9.4)

SIMD IV

141

(11.3)

124

(12.5)

8

(5.4)

9

(8.4)

SIMD V (least deprived)

195

(15.6)

174

(17.5)

18

(12.2)

3

(2.8)

Alcohol intake excessive

50

(4.0)

39

(3.9)

8

(5.4)

3

(2.8)

0.547

Current smoker

306

(24.5)

213

(21.5)

43

(29.3)

50

(46.7)

<0.001

Co-morbidities

         

Ischaemic heart disease

310

(24.7)

237

(23.9)

45

(30.6)

28

(26.2)

0.199

Heart failure

70

(5.6)

58

(5.8)

7

(4.8)

5

(4.7)

0.788

Diabetes

262

(21.0)

205

(20.6)

40

(27.2)

17

(15.9)

0.075

COPD

192

(15.4)

125

(12.6)

30

(20.4)

37

(34.6)

<0.001

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