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Table 3.

Comparison of incidence rate estimates of remote seizure after stroke from the current and previously published population-based studies. More than one seizure outcome was reported in some studies. Age is in years. AED = anti-convulsant.

Authors	Seizure outcome	Estimated incidence rate	Mean age (range)	Stroke study, N
Kammersgaard, et al¹⁰	recurrent seizures after stroke + AED	1% by 3 years	73 (All ages)	Copenhagen Stroke Study, N = 1195
Chen, et al²⁰	2 ICD-9 diagnoses in ambulatory care claims	3% by 5 years	63 (20–80)	Taiwan Health Insurance Database, N = 4126
Lossius, et al²¹	1 seizure > 1 week after stroke recurrent seizures > 1 week after stroke	3% by 1 year 3% by 7 years	76 (>60)	Askershus Stroke Study, N = 484
Burn, et al¹¹	1 seizure > 1 month after stroke recurrent seizures > 24 hours after stroke	4% by 5 years 4% by 2 years	72 (All ages)	Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project, N = 675
So, et al²²	1 seizure > 1 week after stroke recurrent seizures > 1 week after stroke	5% by 5 years 4% by 5 years	72 (All ages)	Rochester, Minnesota, N = 535
Viitanen, et al²³	recurrent seizures > 1 month after stroke + AED	5% at 5 years	72 (All ages)	Umea, Sweden, N = 409
Fox, et al	1 seizure > 1 month after stroke 1 seizure > 1 month after stroke + AED	16% by 5 years 13% by 5 years	11 (0.1–19)	Kaiser Pediatric Stroke Study, N = 305