Assessments at baseline
| Parameter | All patients | Women | Men | p-value | Adjusted p-value# |
| Subjects n | 480 | 170 | 310 | ||
| HADS score | |||||
| Total | 17.8±7.7 | 19.9±8.1 | 16.7±7.3 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Anxiety subscore | 9.9±4.6 | 11.5±4.6 | 8.9±4.3 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Depression subscore | 8.0±4.2 | 8.4±4.6 | 7.8±4.0 | 0.14 | 0.044 |
| VSRQ score | 31.2±15.3 | 29.3±14.6 | 32.0±15.7 | 0.089 | 0.074 |
| 6MST strokes | 310.1±154.0 | 288.5±148.2 | 321.7±156 | 0.038 | <0.001 |
Data are presented as mean±sd, unless otherwise stated. HADS: Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (0–21 subscores, low to high anxiety/depression; 0–42 total score); VSRQ: Visual Simplified Respiratory Questionnaire (0–80, low to high quality of life); 6MST: number of strokes in the 6-min stepper test. #: Adjusted for age, body mass index, living arrangement, smoking status, forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) (% pred), Evaluation of Deprivation and Inequalities in Health Centres (EPICES), and coronary artery disease or peripheral vascular disease. Bold type indicates p<0.05.