Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Stroke in Women Compared With Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 64 Cohorts, Including 775,385 Individuals and 12,539 Strokes

Evidence from the World Health Organization indicates that cardiovascular risk is higher in individuals with diabetes. Furthermore, a growing body of evidence suggests that the relative risk (RR) of diabetes-related coronary heart disease is higher in women than in men. This systematic review and meta-analysis sought to elucidate whether this sex difference in RR also exists for stroke by identifying 64 cohort studies in PubMed reporting the sex-specific estimates of the relative risk for stroke associated with diabetes.
Source: The Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Abstracts Source Type: research