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Previous studies evaluating patients with AFDAS were limited by the low prescription rates of anticoagulants and short follow-up periods. Consecutive patients hospitalized for IS between 2014 and 2017 were identified from a National Health Insurance Research Database. The included patients were categorized into three groups: (1) known diagnosis of AF (KAF) before the index stroke, (2) AFDAS, and (3) without AF (non-AF). Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses were performed to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) for independent variables and recurrent IS, hemorrhagic stroke, or all-cause mortality. We identified 158,909 patients with IS of whom 16,699 (10.5%) had KAF and 7,826 (4.9%) had AFDAS. The patients with AFDAS were younger, more often male, and had lower CHA\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    DS\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    -VASc scores (3.8 \u00b1 1.9 versus 4.9 \u00b1 1.8,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.001) than the patients with KAF. Anticoagulant treatment significantly reduced the risks of all outcomes. The standardized mortality rates were 40.4, 28.6, and 18.4 (per 100 person-years) for the patients with KAF, AFDAS, and non-AF, respectively. Compared with AFDAS, KAF was associated with lower risks of recurrent IS [hazard ratio (HR): 0.91, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.86\u20130.97,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.01] and hemorrhagic stroke (HR: 0.88, 95% CI: 0.79\u20130.99,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.01) and a higher risk of all-cause mortality (HR: 1.11, 95% CI: 1.07\u20131.16,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt; 0.001). The risks of recurrent IS and hemorrhagic stroke were higher and of all-cause mortality was lower for patients with AFDAS than with KAF. 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