Methods The following terms were searched with women and stroke in PubMed and Google
Scholar, mainly for original articles and metaanalysis/systematic reviews: estrogens …

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 …

Stroke has been emerged as one of major health problems for women worldwide.
Increasing of knowledge in this field has provided new data in this area which contribute to …

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 …

Purpose—The aim of this statement is to summarize data on stroke risk factors that are
unique to and more common in women than men and to expand on the data provided in …

Women have a one in five chance of having a stroke during their lifetime. Although the
majority of strokes occur in the oldest age groups, younger women have unique risks during …

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 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 is the third most common cause of death in women and a major cause of disability.
Stroke occurs in older age in women compared with men. High premenopausal estrogen …

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 …