Table 1.

Prevalence of ischemic stroke sub-types based on ASCOD classification in the 2 age groups

Variable	< 45 years	≥ 45 years	Total	P-value†
Stroke sub-types
Atherosclerosis	16(4.8)	314(95.1)	330(100)	< 0.001
Small-vessel disease	15(1.7)	868(98.3)	883(100)
Cardiac pathology	30(3.9)	734(96.0)	764(100)
Other causes	72(4.5)	1530(95.5)	1602(100)
Dissection	32(62.7)	19(37.2)	51(100)

Percentages are presented as between rows

^†: resulted from Chi-square test