Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with high and patients with low depressive symptoms score on Day 8.
From: Toll-like receptor 4-mediated cytokine synthesis and post-stroke depressive symptoms
High score of depressive symptoms (N = 27) | Low score of depressive symptoms (N = 143) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years), median (IQs) | 67 (58–73) | 67 (61–78) | 0.54 |
Female, n (%) | 7 (25.9) | 59 (41.3) | 0.13 |
Hypertension, n (%) | 21 (77.8) | 107 (74.8) | 0.74 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 9 (33.3) | 36 (25.2) | 0.38 |
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 10 (37.0) | 40 (28.0) | 0.34 |
Myocardial infarction, n (%) | 4 (14.8) | 16 (11.2) | 0.60 |
Previous stroke or TIA, n (%) | 3 (11.1) | 15 (10.5) | 0.92 |
Prestroke cognitive decline, n (%)a | 5/22 (22.7) | 9/118 (7.6) | 0.03 |
NIHSS score on admission, n (%) | 7 (4–13) | 7 (5–14) | 0.36 |
Stroke etiology | 0.40 | ||
Large vessel disease, n (%) | 5 (18.5) | 34 (23.7) | |
Small vessel disease, n (%) | 0 (0) | 10 (7.0) | |
Cardio-embolic, n (%) | 9 (33.3) | 42 (29.4) | |
Other, n (%) | 0 (0) | 5 (3.5) | |
Undermined, n (%) | 13 (48.2) | 52 (36.4) | |
Intravenous thrombolysis, n (%) | 14 (51.8) | 81 (56.6) | 0.64 |
Mechanical thrombectomy, n (%) | 4 (14.8) | 39 (27.3) | 0.17 |
In-hospital pneumonia, n (%) | 3 (11.1) | 7 (4.9) | 0.21 |
White blood cells count, ×103/µL, median (IQs) | 8.7 (7.1–10.0) | 7.8 (6.6–9.4) | 0.13 |
Lymphocyte, ×103/µL, median (IQs) | 1.8 (1.5–2.3) | 1.8 (1.4–2.2) | 0.65 |
Monocyte, ×103/µL, median (IQs) | 0.7 (0.7–1.1) | 0.8 (0.6–0.9) | 0.44 |
