Table 2 Clinical, laboratory, and radiological data in both groups
From: Risk factors for post-stroke depression in Sohag University Hospital
Group A Patients with depression | Group B Patients without depression | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total n = 62 | Percentage (%) | Total n = 40 | Percentage (%) | ||
Smoking | 37 | 75.75 | 8 | 24.24 | < 0.03 |
Hypertension | 32 | 78.04 | 9 | 21.95 | < 0.003 |
Diabetes mellitus | 36 | 78.78 | 7 | 21.21 | < 0.01 |
Cardiac disease | 9 | 47.36 | 10 | 52.63 | 0.10 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 19 | 59.37 | 13 | 40.62 | 0.12 |
Hypertriglyceridemia | 14 | 60.87 | 9 | 39.13 | 0.15 |
Low HDLC | 41 | 60.29 | 27 | 39.70 | 0.15 |
High LDLC | 12 | 60.00 | 8 | 40.00 | 0.15 |
Side of the lesion | 0.45 | ||||
Free CT brain on admission | n = 8 | 53.33 | n = 7 | 46.66 | |
Left cerebral hemisphere | n = 12 | 40.00 | n = 18 | 60.00 | |
Right cerebral hemisphere | n = 20 | 35.08 | n = 37 | 64.91 | |
Site of lesion | |||||
Free CT brain on admission | 8 | 53.33 | 7 | 46.66 | 0.52 |
Basal ganglionic | 8 | 34.74 | 15 | 65.21 | |
Cerebellar | 2 | 50.00 | 2 | 50.00 | |
Thalamic | 1 | 25.00 | 3 | 75.00 | |
Frontal | 7 | 38.88 | 11 | 61.11 | |
Occipital | 1 | 33.33 | 2 | 66.66 | |
Parietal | 13 | 46.42 | 15 | 53.57 | |
Temporal | 3 | 42.85 | 4 | 57.14 | |