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Background:

We aimed to investigate gender differences in Turkish stroke patients.

Material and Methods:

Demographics, risk factors, clinical and etiologic subtypes, laboratory findings, clinical course, and in-hospital prognosis of 1 522 patients with ischemic stroke (IS) and 320 patients with intracerebral hemorrhage prospectively registered in the Istanbul Medical School Stroke Registry (1994-2004) were analyzed separately.

Results:

The mean age of IS patients was higher in females (n: 751)(P< 0.0001). In males, smoking, ischemic heart disease, peripheral arterial disease, posterior circulation syndromes, and strokes due to large-artery atherosclerosis were more common (P< 0.0001 for each). Prestroke disability, atrial fibrillation (P< 0.0001), hypertension (P= 0.041), modified Rankin Scale (mRS) 3-5 at admission (P< 0.0001), total anterior circulation syndrome (P< 0.0001), and cardioembolic stroke (P< 0.0001 …