Table 1.
Distribution of age, sex, and comorbidities between stroke and comparison cohorts
| Total stroke N=13,603 |
Poststroke non-epilepsy N=11,952 |
Poststroke epilepsy N=1,651 |
Comparison cohort N=27,207 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | P-value^ | ||
| Age, years | 0.05 | |||||||||
| 40–64 | 4,475 | 32.9 | 3,893 | 32.6 | 582 | 35.3 | 9,278 | 34.1 | ||
| 65–74 | 4,064 | 29.9 | 3,612 | 30.2 | 452 | 27.4 | 8,033 | 29.5 | ||
| ≥75 | 5,064 | 37.2 | 4,447 | 37.2 | 617 | 37.4 | 9,896 | 36.4 | ||
| Mean (SD)§ | 69.7 | 11.8 | 69.8 | 11.7 | 69.0 | 12.6 | 69.3 | 11.5 | <0.001 | |
| Sex | 0.86 | |||||||||
| Female | 12,052 | 44.3 | 5,353 | 44.8 | 685 | 41.5 | 6,038 | 44.4 | ||
| Male | 15,155 | 55.7 | 6,599 | 55.2 | 966 | 58.5 | 7,565 | 55.6 | ||
| Comorbidity | ||||||||||
| Alcohol-related illness | 633 | 4.65 | 548 | 4.59 | 85 | 5.15 | 1,351 | 4.97 | 0.17 | |
| Anxiety disorders | 4,146 | 30.5 | 3,695 | 30.9 | 451 | 27.3 | 8,250 | 30.3 | 0.75 | |
| Mental disorders | 7,663 | 56.3 | 6,708 | 56.1 | 955 | 57.8 | 15,152 | 55.7 | 0.22 | |
| Insomnia | 9,741 | 71.6 | 8,448 | 70.7 | 1,293 | 78.3 | 19,456 | 71.5 | 0.84 | |
| Depression | 1,373 | 10.1 | 1,186 | 9.92 | 187 | 11.4 | 2,797 | 10.3 | 0.56 | |
| Head injury | 483 | 3.55 | 376 | 3.15 | 107 | 6.48 | 1,228 | 4.51 | 0.001 | |
| COPD | 4,081 | 30.0 | 3,448 | 28.9 | 633 | 38.3 | 7,998 | 29.4 | 0.21 | |
| Coronary artery disease | 6,441 | 47.4 | 5,719 | 47.9 | 722 | 43.7 | 12,632 | 46.4 | 0.08 | |
| Diabetes | 3,545 | 26.1 | 3,127 | 26.2 | 418 | 25.3 | 6,875 | 25.3 | 0.08 | |
| Hypertension | 11,953 | 87.9 | 10,483 | 87.7 | 1470 | 89.0 | 23,845 | 87.6 | 0.51 | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 6,024 | 44.3 | 5,413 | 45.3 | 611 | 37.0 | 11,902 | 43.8 | 0.30 | |
| Asthma | 1,994 | 14.7 | 1,712 | 14.3 | 282 | 17.1 | 4,098 | 15.1 | 0.28 | |
| Cancer (including brain tumor) | 775 | 5.70 | 682 | 5.71 | 93 | 5.63 | 1,589 | 5.84 | 0.56 | |
Notes: Chi-square test; §t-test; ^total stroke vs comparison cohort.