Table 1. Clinical characteristics of newborns with neonatal encephalopathy, with and without focal stroke.

Means were compared using the t-test, proportions using the Fisher's exact test, and medians using the Pearson chi-squared test.

	No stroke (n=30)	Stroke (n=15)	P value
Male (n, %)	22 (73%)	11 (73%)	1.0
Gestational age (weeks) (mean ± SD)	39.4 ± 1.65	39.6 ± 1.12	0.72
Birth weight (grams) (mean ± SD)	3553 ± 652	3482 ± 375	0.70
Delivered by Caesarian section (n, %)	9 (30%)	10 (67%)	0.02
Apgar score at 5 minutes (median, IQR)	4 (2-6)	5 (3-7)	0.40
Uterine artery blood gas pH (mean ± SD)	7.08 ± 0.18	7.02 ± 0.17	0.31
Therapeutic hypothermia (n, %)	8 (27%)	5 (33%)	0.68
Encephalopathy score (median, IQR)	4 (4-5)	4 (4-5)	1.0