Stroke is the second largest cause of disability-adjusted life-years lost worldwide. The
prevalence of stroke in women is predicted to rise rapidly, owing to the increasing average …

Stroke in women may be considered as a distinct entity due to numerous differences
compared with men, including specific epidemiological, etiological, and outcome features …

Stroke is a particularly important issue for women. Women account for over half of all
persons who experienced a stroke. The lifetime risk of stroke is higher in women than in …

Methods This article was designed as a narrative review. Pubmed was searched using the
following terms: women, sex differences, or gender differences and stroke or …

Background and Purpose—Women have poorer outcomes from stroke than men. Women
also have risk factors that are unique, including pregnancy and hormone therapy. Hormone …

Women face a disproportionate burden of stroke mortality and disability. Biologic sex and
sociocultural gender both contribute to differences in stroke risk factors, assessment …

For the most part, stroke is a disease of old age. With the predicted increase in the aged
population and longer life expectancies, the number and proportion of people living with …

Background: Limited data are available on sex-related disparities in long-term outcomes
after stroke. We estimated sex differences in various stroke long-term outcomes among …

Background The study of sex differences on stroke incidence, prevalence and mortality is an
emerging field of stroke epidemiology and care. Aims This study sought to determine the …

Stroke is a leading cause of death among women in the United States, and women are more
affected by stroke than men. With women living longer than men, women experience not …