Table 1.

Factors associated with Pediatric Stroke Outcome Measurement scores one-year after arterial ischemic stroke in childhood.

			Univariable			Multivariable
N=86	n	%	OR	95% CI	P-value	OR	95% CI	P-value
Demographics
Male	51	59	0.7	0.3 – 1.7	0.40
Hispanic	15	17	1.3	0.4 – 3.9	0.69
North American	60	70	0.8	0.3 – 2.1	0.63
Age at stroke (years; median, IQR)	6.1	1.4–12.2	1.0	0.9 – 1.1	0.64
Stroke risk factors
Arteriopathy	33	38	1.1	0.4 – 3.0	0.81
Cardiac	22	26	0.6	0.2 – 1.8	0.34
Acute disease	21	24	2.0	0.6 – 6.1	0.24
Underlying chronic disease	24	28	1.0	0.3 – 2.7	0.93
Head trauma	7	8	2.6	0.5 – 13.1	0.25
Infarct territory and location
Middle cerebral artery	53	62	4.4	1.3 – 14.7	0.02	4.9	1.1 – 21.3	0.03
Anterior cerebral artery	12	14	1.6	0.5 – 5.5	0.47
Posterior cerebral artery	18	21	0.4	0.1 – 1.6	0.21
Other vertebrobasilar	10	12	0.2	0.0 – 1.5	0.12
Basal ganglia/thalamus	24	28	1.1	0.4 – 3.3	0.81
Cortical infarct	15	17	3.6	1.2 – 11.4	0.03	2.8	0.7 – 11.3	0.15
Multiple infarcts	29	34	1.6	0.6 – 4.5	0.40
Hemorrhagic transformation	3	3	10.4	1.1 – 95.9	0.04	1.6	0.1 – 34.8	0.77
Stroke hospitalization
Acute seizure (<7 days post-stroke)	32	37	2.1	0.8 – 5.7	0.13
Longest acute seizure, minutes (median*, range†)	0	0–30	1.1	1.0 – 1.2	0.06	1.0	0.9 – 1.1	0.73
Abnormal discharge exam‡§	50	60	2.1	0.7 – 6.4	0.18
Discharge to home‡	70	84	0.2	0.1 – 0.8	0.02	0.3	0.1 – 1.6	0.16
Discharged on anti-convulsant‡	25	30	2.8	1.0 – 7.8	0.06	2.6	0.4 – 17.9	0.34
One year follow-up (N=80)
Maintenance anti-convulsant	18	23	2.7	0.9 – 8.8	0.09	0.4	0.0 – 4.4	0.42
Epilepsy	8	10	11.2	2.2 – 56.1	0.00	24.1	1.5 – 379.7	0.02

^‡3 died prior to discharge.

^§Missing in 5 survivors.

IQR = Interquartile range.