The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 6 Ischemic stroke subtypes and etiology (TOAST) in both groups

From: Pediatric vs. adult stroke: comparative study in a tertiary referral hospital, Cairo, Egypt

Ischemic stroke	Children 33 Patients	Adult 143 Patients	p
Large artery disease	0	71 (49.6%)	0.001*
Cardioembolic	3 (9.0%)	10 (6.9%)	0.118
Small artery disease	0	41 (28.6%)	0.001*
Other determined etiology	21 (63.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0.001*
Multiple cause No identified cause	8 1	18 0	0.035*

By Chi square test and Fisher exact test, *p value was significant

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