Analysis of Risk Factors for First Seizure after Stroke in Chinese Patients

Table 2

Results of univariate analysis.

Variables	Early seizure		Late seizure
	𝜒^2	𝑃	𝜒^2	𝑃
Gender	0.125	0.724	0.007	0.935
Family history of EP	0.331	1.000*	1.429	0.289*
Risk factors of stroke
Family history of stroke	0.533	0.465	1.010	0.315
Alcohol abuse	0.063	0.801	0.186	0.666
Smoking	0.421	0.517	0.027	0.871
Comorbidity
Diabetes mellitus	0.351	0.553	0.020	0.886
Hypertension	0.142	0.706	6.092	0.014
Coronary heart disease	0.004	0.950	0.001	0.970
Kidney dysfunction	6.753	0.009	0.118	0.731
Hypohepatia	2.067	0.151	2.931	0.087
Emphysema	1.678	0.372*	0.329	0.543*
Dyslipidaemia
Stroke types
Cerebral infarction	0.453	0.501	0.452	0.501
Cerebral hemorrhage	0.914	0.339	0.007	0.931
Hemorrhagic infarction	0.565	0.445*	0.051	0.688*
Cerebral hemorrhage with cerebral infarction	0.013	1.000*	3.468	0.095*
Subarachnoid hemorrhage	5.079	0.024	0.059	0.808
Stroke location
Cortical area	6.903	0.003	20.720	<0.001
Subcortical area	3.204	0.073	17.201	<0.001
Cerebellum	13.099	<0.001*	9.435	0.002**
Multiple sites	6.295	0.032	8.426	0.044
Lobe of lesion
Frontal	0.830	0.362	2.070	0.150
Parietal	0.167	0.683	0.519	0.470
Occipital	0.197	0.657	0.041	0.840
Temporal	0.076	0.782	0.682	0.409
Large lesion	5.517	0.023	16.314	<0.001
Complications after stroke
Fever	15.165	<0.001	2.568	0.121*
Acid-base disturbance	2.034	0.154	0.691	0.404*
Electrolyte disturbance	9.386	0.002	3.637	0.056
Upper alimentary tract hemorrhage	8.974	0.003	0.444	1.000*
Infection	13.958	<0.001	1.639	0.201*
Depression	1.855	0.173	0.808	0.369

∗Fisher’s exact test. **Continuity correction.
Other complications after stroke included shoulder pain, deep venous thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.