Background: Depression is a common complication after stroke, and inflammation may be a
pathophysiological mechanism. This study examines whether anti-inflammatory treatment …

Importance More than 30 million people live with a stroke diagnosis worldwide. Depression
after stroke is frequent, and greater knowledge of associated risk factors and outcomes is …

Background and Objectives Depression has been reported to be a risk factor of acute stroke,
based largely on studies in high-income countries. In the INTERSTROKE study, we explored …

712 Stroke March 2020 outcome of stroke. 27, 28 Rosuvastatin reduced stroke risk in
subjects who either achieved LDL-C levels of< 70 mg/dL or hs-CRP levels of< 2 mg/L …

Objective Inflammation plays an important role in stroke. Many inflammatory markers in
peripheral blood are proved to be associated with stroke severity or prognosis. But few …

Background Depression is the most frequent psychiatric condition after stroke and is
associated with negative health outcomes. We aim to undertake a systematic review and …

Background Thirty percent of stroke patients will suffer from post-stroke depression (PSD).
Recent data suggest that inflammation accounts for a substantial amount of depression. Our …

Background Investigations have revealed the association between inflammation and post-
stroke depression (PSD). However, whether the C-reactive protein (CRP) level, a biomarker …

Background Studies show that poststroke depression (PSD) increases mortality risk at 1
year. However, whether PSD increases the risk of recurrent stroke at 1 year remains unclear …

Despite reports of a high incidence and various predictors of post-stroke depression (PSD),
the underdiagnosis and undertreatment rates of PSD are still high. This study aimed to …