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Table 2 Lesion location in patients with and without depressive symptoms

From: Relationship between the lesion location of acute ischemic stroke and early depressive symptoms in Japanese patients

 

Subjects with probable PSD (n = 71)

Subjects without probable PSD (n = 350)

p value

n

%

n

%

 

Frontal lobe

 Any side

18

25.4

30

8.6

<0.001

 Left side

7

9.9

14

4.0

0.065

 Right side

11

15.5

16

4.6

<0.01

Temporal lobe

 Any side

18

25.4

28

8.0

<0.001

 Left side

7

9.9

12

3.4

0.027

 Right side

11

15.5

16

4.6

0.002

Parietal lobe

 Any side

18

25.4

47

13.4

0.011

 Left side

9

12.7

21

6.0

0.046

 Right side

10

14.1

33

9.4

0.238

Occipital lobe

 Any side

10

14.1

37

10.6

0.391

 Left side

3

4.2

16

4.6

1.000

 Right side

7

9.9

22

6.3

0.302

Thalamus

 Any side

6

8.5

42

12.0

0.391

 Left side

2

2.8

20

5.7

0.556

 Right side

4

5.6

24

6.9

1.000

Caudate

 Any side

6

8.5

13

3.7

0.109

 Left side

3

4.2

9

2.6

0.434

 Right side

3

4.2

4

1.1

0.097

Putamen

 Any side

18

25.4

47

13.4

0.011

 Left side

7

9.9

16

4.6

0.086

 Right side

11

15.5

31

8.9

0.089

Anterior limb of internal capsule

 Any side

6

8.5

13

3.7

0.109

 Left side

3

4.2

7

2.0

0.383

 Right side

3

4.2

6

1.7

0.181

Posterior limb of internal capsule

 Any side

6

8.5

33

9.4

0.796

 Left side

2

2.8

16

4.6

0.505

 Right side

4

5.6

17

4.9

0.766

Corona radiata

 Any side

23

32.4

111

31.7

0.911

 Left side

9

12.7

61

17.4

0.327

 Right side

14

19.7

50

14.3

0.245

Centrum semiovale

 Any side

12

16.9

47

13.4

0.442

 Left side

5

7.0

20

5.7

0.591

 Right side

7

9.9

28

8.0

0.605

Hippocampus

 Any side

3

4.2

15

4.3

0.982

 Left side

2

2.8

7

2.0

0.652

 Right side

2

2.8

8

2.3

0.679

Amygdala

 Any side

0

0.0

5

1.4

0.595

 Left side

0

0.0

1

0.3

1.000

 Right side

0

0.0

4

1.1

1.000

  1. PSD post-stroke depression