| Male sex | 61 (64.2) | 15 (55.6) | 76 (62.3) | 0.413 |
| Age (yr) | 25.1±3.8 | 24.8±3.3 | 25.1±3.7 | 0.646 |
| Risk factor | | | | |
| Hypertension | 12 (12.6) | 3 (11.1) | 15 (12.3) | 0.832 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 1 (0.8) | 0.592 |
| Dyslipidemia | 8 (8.4) | 0 | 8 (6.6) | 0.119 |
| Smoking | 45 (47.4) | 9 (33.3) | 54 (44.3) | 0.195 |
| Regular alcohol intake | 23 (24.2) | 7 (25.9) | 30 (24.6) | 0.855 |
| Recent alcohol intake | 8 (8.4) | 0 | 8 (6.6) | 0.126 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 2 (2.1) | 5 (18.5) | 7 (5.7) | 0.001 |
| Occupation situation | | | | 0.140 |
| Without routine job | 13 (13.7) | 7 (25.9) | 20 (16.4) | |
| White collar | 37 (38.9) | 4 (18.9) | 41 (33.6) | |
| Soldier | 22 (23.2) | 6 (22.2) | 28 (23.0) | |
| Student | 20 (21.1) | 9 (33.3) | 29 (23.8) | |
| Blue collar | 3 (3.2) | 1 (3.7) | 4 (3.3) | |
| Activity at stroke occurrence | | | | 0.183 |
| Resting | 68 (71.6) | 23 (85.2) | 91 (74.6) | |
| Vigour activity | 17 (17.9) | 1 (3.7) | 18 (14.8) | |
| Wake-up stroke | 10 (10.5) | 3 (11.1) | 13 (10.7) | |
| Stroke classification | | | | 0.028 |
| Large artery atherosclerosis | 8 (8.4) | 2 (7.5) | 10 (8.3) | |
| Small vessel occlusion | 7 (7.4) | 0 | 7 (5.7) | |
| Cardioembolism | 18 (18.9) | 13 (48.1) | 31 (25.4) | |
| Other determined etiology | 30 (31.6) | 7 (25.9) | 37 (30.3) | |
| Undetermined negative | 32 (33.7) | 5 (18.5) | 37 (30.3) | |
| NIHSS | 3 (1–5) | 12 (9–14) | 4 (2–8) | 0.001 |