Sex-Specific Associations of Smoking with Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Findings from Observational Studies

Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) has long been considered a devastating disease because of its high mortality and disability rates.1,2 Despite the tremendous recent advances of medical and surgical treatments, SAH has remained a terrible disease. Hence, identification of modifiable risk factors for SAH is important to influence the incidence of SAH. In addition, some studies have reported that women are at higher risk for SAH compared with men;3,4 however, the specific reasons and the underlying risk factors for this sex difference remain unknown.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - August 11, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Xiang Li, Tianyi Wang, Dongxia Feng, Zhongmou Xu, Xiang Xu, Heng Gao, Gang Chen Source Type: research