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Table 2 Factors associated with depression in people with and without stroke

From: The prevalence of stroke and depression and factors associated with depression in elderly people with and without stroke

 

No stroke

Stroke

 

No depression n = 5028 (%)

Depression n = 645 (%)

PR (95 % CI)

No depression n = 331 (%)

Depression n = 94 (%)

PR (95 % CI)

Women

2716 (54.0)

361 (56.0)

1.07 (0.93–1.24)

142 (42.9)

48 (51.1)

1.29 (0.90–1.85)

Finnish

2210 (44.0)

288 (44.7)

1.03 (0.89–1.19)

99 (29.9)

36 (38.3)

1.33 (0.92–1.90)

Urban

1539 (30.6)

235 (36.4)

1.26 (1.08–1.46)

94 (28.4)

25 (26.6)

0.93 (0.61–1.37)

MI

297 (6.1)

56 (9.0)

1.44 (1.11–1.83)

64 (24.0)

22 (27.8)

1.17 (0.74–1.76)

Cancer

627 (12.7)

108 (17.2)

1.37 (1.12–1.65)

65 (22.0)

14 (16.7)

0.76 (0.43–1.23)a

Diabetes

548 (11.2)

108 (17.6)

1.59 (1.30–1.91)

46 (16.0)

19 (24.1)

1.47 (0.92–2.23)

Dep. P-ADL

248 (5.0)

59 (9.2)

1.76 (1.37–2.22)

34 (10.3)

26 (28.0)

2.35 (1.60–3.32)

Dep. I-ADL

1392 (28.8)

268 (43.2)

1.74 (1.50–2.01)

173 (54.2)

57 (62.6)

1.31 (0.91–1.94)

Imp. vision

80 (1.6)

22 (3.4)

1.93 (1.28–2.73)

11 (3.3)

8 (8.6)

2.00 (1.02–3.21)

Imp. hearing

59 (1.2)

14 (2.2)

1.71 (1.00–2.62)

7 (2.1)

1 (1.1)

0.56 (0.03–2.05)

Weight loss

246 (4.9)

48 (7.6)

1.48 (1.11–1.91)

24 (7.3)

8 (8.8)

1.17 (0.56–2.02)

Lives alone

1175 (23.6)

255 (39.9)

1.95 (1.68–2.25)

92 (28.3)

37 (39.4)

1.46 (1.01–2.08)

No one to talk to

86 (1.7)

58 (9.1)

3.79 (3.02–4.64)

12 (3.7)

9 (9.6)

2.01 (1.07–3.16)a

University ed.

744 (15.1)

84 (13.3)

0.87 (0.70–1.08)

38 (11.8)

11 (12.0)

1.01 (0.54–1.67)

Poor finances

224 (4.7)

96 (15.5)

2.89 (2.38–3.46)

30 (9.7)

16 (18.6)

1.74 (1.06–2.63)a

Pain problem

3207 (65.0)

487 (77.2)

1.71 (1.44–2.05)

227 (70.5)

75 (81.5)

1.64 (1.04–2.75)

Life crisis

1949 (39.6)

402 (63.1)

2.33 (2.01–2.72)

168 (51.5)

62 (66.7)

1.64 (1.13–2.45)

Age

70.3 ± 5.4

71.3 ± 5.8

1.03 (1.02–1.04)

72.3 ± 5.7

72.7 ± 5.9

1.01 (0.98–1.04)

  1. PR prevalence ratio, CI confidence interval, MI myocardial infarction, Dep. P-ADL dependence in personal activities of daily living, Dep. I-ADL, dependence in instrumental activities of daily living, Imp. vision impaired vision, Imp. hearing impaired hearing, University ed. University educated. Denominators for proportions may vary due to missing values. Associations were estimated as prevalence ratios, using univariate log-binomial regression analyses
  2. aHaving had a stroke significantly affected the association between depression and the variable in an interaction analysis performed on the whole sample