Background When untreated, dyslipidemia is a higher risk factor for stroke and stroke-
related mortality in men than in women. However, when dyslipidemia is treated the risk …

Objectives: Women may have poorer outcomes after stroke than men because of differences
in their acute management. We examined sex differences in presentation, severity, in …

Background Clinical risk factors related to not administering thrombolysis to acute ischemic
stroke patients with incidence dyslipidemia is not clear. This issue was investigated in …

Background and Purpose—Many studies have reported poorer stroke outcomes in women,
and some studies have reported sex differences in care. We analyzed data from a hospital …

Stroke has a greater effect on women than men because women have more events and are
less likely to recover. Age-specific stroke rates are higher in men, but, because of their …

Background: Clinical factors associated with exclusion from recombinant tissue
plasminogen activator in both men and women are not completely understood. The aim of …

Men and women differ in their clinical risk factors with respect to various predictors of
severity in acute ischemic stroke (AIS). High cholesterol is a risk factor for AIS and the …

Background and Purpose—Differences between women and men in relation to stroke are
increasingly being recognized. Methods—From July 2004 until June 2007, 237 acute …

Background In a stroke population, women have a worse outcome than men when
untreated. In contrast, there is no significant difference in treated patients. In this study, we …

Background and Purpose—Although statins reduce the risk of stroke in patients with
coronary heart disease, possible differing effects of statins on stroke outcomes based on sex …