Table 1.
Baseline characteristics.
| SZR + (n = 51) |
SZR − (n = 584) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Data and Baseline Clinical Characteristics | |||
| Age, years | 72.3 ± 14.8 | 77.5 ± 11.5 | 0.003 |
| Males, n (%) | 21 (41.2) | 276 (47.3) | 0.4 |
| Stroke subtypes | 0.001 | ||
| IS, n (%) | 35 (68.6) | 506 (86.6) | |
| ICH, n (%) | 16 (31.4) | 78 (13.4) | |
| IS subtypes based on TOAST classification | 0.08 | ||
| Large artery atherosclerosis, n (%) | 2 (5.7) | 58 (11.5) | |
| Cardioembolism, n (%) | 9 (25.7) | 98 (19.4) | |
| Small-vessel occlusion, n (%) | 1 (2.9) | 82 (16.2) | |
| Other determined etiology, n (%) | 2 (5.7) | 9 (1.8) | |
| Undetermined etiology, n (%) | 21 (60) | 259 (51.2) | |
| IS subtypes based on OCSP classification | 0.001 | ||
| TACI, n (%) | 9 (25.7) | 36 (7.1) | |
| PACI, n (%) | 22 (62.9) | 270 (53.4) | |
| POCI, n (%) | 1 (2.9) | 86 (17) | |
| LACI, n (%) | 3 (8.6) | 114 (22.5) | |
| ICH localization | 0.01 | ||
| Lobar, n (%) | 9 (56.3) | 18 (23.1) | |
| Deep, n (%) | 7 (43.8) | 60 (76.9) | |
| NIHSS score at admission, median (IQR) | 10 (4–17) | 5 (2–14) | 0.01 |
| pre-stroke mRS, median (IQR) | 0 (0-2) | 0 (0-2) | 0.2 |
| Vascular risk factors | |||
| Hypertension, n (%) | 37 (72.5) | 475 (81.3) | 0.9 |
| Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 17 (33.3) | 195 (33.4) | 0.4 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 11 (21.6) | 140 (24.0) | 0.7 |
| Hypercholesterolemia, n (%) | 13 (25.5) | 140 (24.0) | 0.8 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 9 (17.6) | 101 (17.3) | 0.9 |
| Laboratory findings | |||
| Sodium | 0.3 | ||
| Hyponatremia, n (%) | 7 (13.7) | 45 (7.7) | |
| Hypernatremia, n (%) | 1 (2.0) | 8 (1.4) | |
| Potassium | 0.4 | ||
| Hypokalemia, n (%) | 5 (9.8) | 98 (16.8) | |
| Hyperkalemia, n (%) | 4 (7.8) | 37 (6.3) | |
| Glucose | 0.2 | ||
| Hypoglycemia, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Hyperglycemia, n (%) | 37 (72.5) | 370 (63.4) | |
SZR +: patients with post-stroke seizures; SZR −: patients without post-stroke seizures; IS = ischemic stroke; ICH: intracranial hemorrhage; TOAST: Trial of ORG 10,172 in Acute Stroke Treatment; OCSP: Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project; TACI: total anterior circulation infarction; PACI: partial anterior circulation infarction; POCI: posterior circulation infarct; LACI: lacunar infarct; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; mRS = modified Rankin Scale.