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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study population

From: Associations between Life’s Essential 8 and post-stroke depression and all-cause mortality among US adults

Variables

Overall (n = 1071)

Non-PSD (n = 869)

PSD (n = 202)

P value

Age, %

64.33 ± 0.60

65.67 ± 0.66

58.41 ± 1.02

 < 0.001***

Sex, %

 Female

56.13 (49.59,62.67)

54.97 (50.70,59.24)

61.23 (52.42,70.04)

0.21

 Male

43.87 (38.64,49.11)

45.03 (40.76,49.30)

38.77 (29.96,47.58)

Race/ethnicity, %

 White

73.06 (64.21,81.91)

73.50 (69.48,77.53)

71.10 (62.81,79.39)

0.74

 Black

13.65 (11.44,15.85)

13.16 (10.85,15.47)

15.81 (10.58,21.05)

 Mexican

4.17 (3.01, 5.34)

4.10 (2.83,5.36)

4.51 (1.94,7.09)

 Others

9.12 (6.70,11.53)

9.24 (6.74,11.74)

8.58 (3.77,13.38)

Education levels, %

 Less than high school

22.22 (18.88,25.55)

21.95 (18.70,25.20)

23.41 (17.42,29.39)

0.02*

 High school or equivalent

32.22 (27.24,37.20)

30.21 (26.31,34.10)

41.15 (32.41,49.88)

 College or above

45.56 (39.91,51.22)

47.85 (43.42,52.28)

35.45 (26.26,44.63)

Marital status, %

 Married

59.98 (53.06,66.89)

60.61 (56.10,65.11)

57.19 (48.40,65.98)

0.43

 Never married

5.90 (4.22, 7.58)

5.40 (3.57, 7.24)

8.11 (4.33,11.88)

 Divorced

34.12 (29.30,38.95)

33.99 (29.53,38.46)

34.70 (26.36,43.04)

Poverty income ratio, %

  ≤ 1.30

30.09 (26.17,34.02)

27.59 (23.78,31.40)

41.18(31.14,51.22)

0.003**

 1.31–3.49

45.59 (39.11,52.08)

45.55(41.08,50.02)

45.79(37.10,54.48)

  ≥ 3.50

24.31 (20.06,28.56)

26.86(22.52,31.20)

13.03(6.48,19.57)

PHQ-9 score

5.19 ± 0.22

2.90 ± 0.12

15.32 ± 0.32

 < 0.001***

LE8 score

57.00 ± 0.63

58.89 ± 0.67

48.63 ± 1.25

 < 0.001***

 HEI-2015 diet score

37.53 ± 1.15

39.30 ± 1.32

29.70 ± 2.08

 < 0.001***

 Sleep health score

75.42 ± 1.17

79.02 ± 1.18

59.49 ± 3.04

 < 0.001***

 Nicotine exposure score

65.15 ± 1.44

69.00 ± 1.61

48.09 ± 2.98

 < 0.001***

 Physical activity score

48.01 ± 2.05

49.90 ± 2.08

39.64 ± 4.72

0.03*

 Body mass index score

52.04 ± 1.49

54.12 ± 1.48

42.93 ± 3.12

 < 0.001***

 Blood glucose score

68.90 ± 1.32

69.31 ± 1.46

67.06 ± 2.79

0.47

 Blood pressure score

48.77 ± 1.31

48.59 ± 1.44

49.56 ± 3.02

0.77

 Blood lipids score

61.41 ± 1.18

62.92 ± 1.25

54.62 ± 3.63

0.04*

DM, %

463 (43.23)

375 (43.15)

88 (43.56)

0.63

Coronary heart disease, %

192 (17.93)

146 (16.80)

46 (22.77)

0.11

Congestive heart failure, %

189 (17.65)

137 (15.77)

52 (25.74)

0.004

COPD, %

134 (12.51)

94 (10.82)

40 (19.80)

0.01

Viral hepatitis, %

38 (3.55)

30 (3.45)

8 (3.96)

0.86

  1. Continuous data were presented as the mean ± SEM, category data were presented as the proportion and 95% confidence interval. Frequency is used to represent comorbidities
  2. SEM Standard Error of the Mean, PSD post-stroke depression, PHQ-9 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire, HEI Healthy Eating Index, LE8 Life’s Essential 8, DM diabetes, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  3. ***P value < 0.001, **P value < 0.01, *P value < 0.05