Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

	Total	No seizures < 2 years poststroke	Early-onset seizures	p value	1-week survivors without seizures < 2 years poststroke	Late-onset seizures	p value
No. of patients	444 (100%)	396 (89.2%)	16 (3.6%)		378 (85.1%)	32 (7.2%)
Male gender	235 (52.9%)	212 (53.5%)	10 (62.5%)	0.48	205 (54.2%)	13 (40.6%)	0.14
Age (mean)	70.6 (SD 12.0)	70.4 (SD 12.1)	77.3 (SD 5.7)	0.01	70.0 (SD 12.1)	69.1 (SD 12.5)	0.83
Age (median)	72.0 (range 26–96)	71.5 (range 26–96)	78.0 (range 65–83)	0.01	71 (range 26–94)	73.5 (range 40–87)	0.83
DM	95 (21.4%)	83 (21.0%)	3 (18.8%)	0.83	78 (20.6%)	9 (28.1%)	0.32
Hypertension	203 (45.7%)	182 (46.0%)	8 (50.0%)	0.75	175 (46.3%)	13 (40.6%)	0.54
IHD	101 (22.7%)	87 (22.0%)	6 (37.5%)	0.15	81 (21.4%)	8 (25.0%)	0.64
Smoking yes	149 (33.6%)	133 (33.6%)	4 (25.0%)	0.48	128 (33.9%)	12 (37.5%)	0.68
Smoking unk	38 (8.6%)	33 (8.3%)	3 (18.8%)	0.15	31 (8.2%)	2 (6.3%)	1.00
mRS 1	8 (1.8%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1.00	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1.00
mRS 2	88 (19.8%)	87 (22.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0.03	87 (23.0%)	1 (3.1%)	0.01
mRS 3	118 (26.6%)	105 (26.5%)	3 (18.8%)	0.77	105 (27.8%)	10 (31.3%)	0.68
mRS 4	97 (21.8%)	90 (22.7%)	3 (18.8%)	1.00	90 (23.8%)	4 (12.5%)	0.14
mRS 5	133 (30.0%)	106 (26.8%)	10 (62.5%)	0.00	88 (23.3%)	17 (53.1%)	0.00
Infarct-type AT	174 (39.2%)	147 (37.1%)	6 (37.5%)	0.98	141 (37.3%)	21 (65.6%)	0.00
Infarct-type CE	102 (23.0%)	88 (22.2%)	7 (43.8%)	0.07	76 (20.1%)	7 (21.9%)	0.81
Infarct-type LACI	168 (37.8%)	161 (40.7%)	3 (18.8%)	0.08	161 (42.6%)	4 (12.5%)	0.00

DM diabetes mellitus, IHD ischemic heart disease, Smoking unk smoking status is unknown, mRS modified Rankin scale, AT atherothrombotic infarct type, CE cardioembolic infarct type, LACI lacunar infarct type