Table 2

- Stroke types and severity at the time of presentation in patients with and without early seizure (ES).

Variable categoryTotal (n=665)Patients with ES (n=51, 7.7%)Patients without ES (n=614, 92.3%)P-value
n (%)
Number of stroke
First stroke421 (65.1)33 (66.0)388 (65.0)0.8858
Recurrent210 (35.1)15 (33.3)195 (35.2)0.8009
Missing data34   
Stroke type
Transient Ischemic Attack2 (0.3)02 (0.3)0.6831
Large artery atherosclerosis208 (31.3)16 (31.4)192 (31.3)0.9879
Small vessel disease180 (27.1)4 (7.8)176 (28.7)0.0013
Cardioembolic stroke97 (14.6)9 (17.7)88 (14.3)0.5193
Stroke of undetermined etiology60 (9.0)4 (7.8)56 (9.1)0.7596
Stroke of other determined etiology1 (0.2)01 (0.2)0.7730
Hemorrhagic stroke86 (13.0)13 (25.5)73 (11.9)0.0054
Missing data31 (4.6)5 (10)26 (4.2) 
Stroke severity at presentation
Mild (NIHSS <5)349 (59.3)18 (42.9)346 (60.5)0.0139
Moderate (NIHSS 5–5)177 (28.8)14 (33.3)163 (28.5)
Severe (NIHSS 16–25)61 (9.9)7 (16.7)54 (9.4)
Very severe (NIHSS >25)12 (2.0)3 (7.14)9 (1.6)

NIHSS – National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Score