Sex Differences in Trends of Incidence and Mortality of First-Ever Stroke in Rural Tianjin, China, From 1992 to 2012 [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
There was a significant increase in the incidence of first-ever stroke in women annually and a declining trend in the male/female rate ratio in rural China during the past 21 years. These results suggest that stroke will become one of the major diseases affecting women in future decades in China.

Source: Stroke - May 27, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Wang, J., Ning, X., Yang, L., Tu, J., Gu, H., Zhan, C., Zhang, W., Su, T.-C. Tags: Epidemiology Clinical Sciences Source Type: research