Table 1. Study cohort.
| Study cohort, n = 7740 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age at diagnosis and time to PSE | years | ||
| Age at index stroke (years) | Mean (range) | 72 (14–99) | |
| Median | 74 | ||
| Time stroke to epilepsy (years) | Mean (range) | 1.87 (0.02–9.8) | |
| Median | 1.11 | ||
| Clinical characteristics | N | % | |
| Age at stroke (“young stroke) | <45 yrs | 239 | 3.1% |
| > = 45 yrs | 7501 | 96.9% | |
| Sex | Male | 4261 | 55.1% |
| Female | 3479 | 44.9% | |
| Stroke previously | 1473 | 19.2% | |
| Stroke type | ICH | 1263 | 16.3% |
| Infarction | 6477 | 83.7% | |
| Thrombolysis | 513 | 6.7% | |
| Single seizure | 1195 | 15.4% | |
| Single status epilepticus | 129 | 1.7% | |
| Deaths before 31/12 2014 | 4167 | 53.8% | |
The study cohort consisted of a total of 7740 patients with a diagnosis of epilepsy, seizure or status epilepticus more than one week after stroke in 2005–2010.