Table 4.

Comparison of incidence and hazard ratio for mortality stratified by age, sex, and comorbidities between poststroke patients with and without epilepsy

	Poststroke non-epilepsy N=11,952	Poststroke epilepsy N=1,651
Adjusted HR* (95% CI)	Adjusted HR* (95% CI)
All	1.00	2.13 (1.98, 2.29)
Age, years
40–64	1.00	2.26 (1.93, 2.66)
65–74	1.00	2.33 (2.04, 2.65)
≥75	1.00	1.86 (1.68, 2.06)
Sex
Female	1.00	2.06 (1.85, 2.31)
Male	1.00	2.16 (1.97, 2.36)
Comorbidity
None	1.00	8.57 (3.49, 21.1)
With any one	1.00	2.21 (2.06, 2.37)

Notes: *Variables found to be statistically significant in the univariable model were further included in the multivariable model.