Effects of Sex Difference on Clinical Features of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Japan

Conclusions: Women developed more severe strokes than men in Japan. After multivariate adjustment for initial severity and other characteristics, acute care hospital stays were longer and stroke outcomes at discharge were worse in women than in men.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 31, 2012 Category: Neurology Authors: Koichiro Maeda, Kazunori Toyoda, Kazuo Minematsu, Shotai Kobayashi, Japan Standard Stroke Registry Study Group Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research