Analyses for predictors of a new diagnosis of epilepsy during follow-up
| Characteristic | Epilepsy (N = 3) | No epilepsy (N = 47) | p comparing groups | p univariate regression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (male) | 67% | 64% | 1.00 | 0.92 |
| Lobar ICH | 33% | 19% | 0.50 | 0.56 |
| Smoking | 33% | 15% | 0.41 | 0.42 |
| Diabetes | 33% | 28% | 1.00 | 0.85 |
| Hypertension | 100% | 92% | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Anticoagulation | 0% | 28% | 0.36 | 1.00 |
| mRS at discharge (median, IQR) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 0.64 | |
| Age, years (median, IQR) | 58.3 (0) | 73.0 (12.3) | 0.047 | 0.058 |
ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage; IQR: interquartile range; mRS: modified Rankin Scale
JOTS: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. JT: Investigation, Supervision, Writing—review & editing. JP, LB, M Hassan, M Heikkinen, AK, AM, AMS, and JW: Investigation, Writing—review & editing. AMK: Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
Jussi O.T. Sipilä, who is the Editorial Board Member of Exploration of Neuroscience, had no involvement in the decision-making or the review process of this manuscript. Jussi O.T. Sipilä: Honoraria (Novartis), Congress attendance support (Lundbeck), Advisory Board (Sandoz, Boehringer-Ingelheim), Shareholder (Orion). Ayla Mehdiyeva: Congress attendance support (Sanofi). Mohamed Hassan: Congress attendance support (Merck). Johanna Willman: Congress attendance support (Orion). Anne-Mari Kantanen: Advisory board (Boehringer-Ingelheim, Astra-Zeneca), Congress Attendance support Astra Zeneca. All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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