Systemic low-grade inflammation and depressive symptomology at chronic phase of ischemic stroke: The chain mediating role of fibrinogen and neutrophil counts

Post-stroke depression (PSD) is the most common psychological consequence of stroke. Increased inflammatory markers resulting from ischemic stroke may played an important role in the pathogenesis of depressive symptomology. The present study was conducted to further elucidate the relationship between stroke severity, systemic low-grade inflammation and chronic phase post-stroke depressive symptomology (CP-PSDS).A total of 897 stroke patients...