POMC and stroke disorder: Univariate binary logistic regression analysis found that the baseline variables associated with PSD in males at 3 months included education level (p = 0.025), sleeping time < 5 h (p = 0.011), atrial fibrillation (p = 0.002), physical exercise (p = 0.002), stroke severity (NIHSS score) (p < 0.001), ability of daily living (BI score) (p < 0.001), E dimension (p = 0.014), N dimension (p < 0.001), P dimension (p = 0.015), psychological resilience (CD-RISC score) (p = 0.005), free T3 (p = 0.003), cortisol (p = 0.029) and ACTH (p = 0.021) (Table 1).