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Table 1 Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics in suicide-related ideation (SI) and non SI groups

From: Apathy and suicide-related ideation 3 months after stroke: a cross-sectional study

Variable

SI N = 32

Non SI N = 486

P value

Age*

66.25 ± 8.86

66.73 ± 10.24

0.795

Education (years)*

5.71 ± 4.37

6.02 ± 4.85

0.730

Female

18(56.2)

203(41.8)

0.109

Married

26(83.9)

375(79.6)

0.567

NIHSS score*

4.91 ± 4.06

3.65 ± 3.50

0.051

MMSE score*

26.44 ± 3.16

27.06 ± 2.67

0.211

GDS score*

10.47 ± 3.17

4.24 ± 3.71

<0.001

NPI-apathy (%)

10(31.2)

26(5.3)

<0.001

  1. GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination; NIHSS = National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; NPI-apathy = Neuropsychiatric Inventory-apathy subscale; SI = suicide-related ideation.
  2. * mean ± SD, independent t-test; otherwise chi square test is used.
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BMC Neurology

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