Male predominance in childhood ischemic stroke: findings from the international pediatric stroke study

MR Golomb, HJ Fullerton, U Nowak-Gottl, G Deveber - Stroke, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Previous studies suggested a male predominance in childhood
ischemic stroke, mirroring gender differences in adults but were limited by small sample …

Sex differences in stroke epidemiology: a systematic review

P Appelros, B Stegmayr, A Terént - Stroke, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Epidemiological studies, mainly based on Western European
surveys, have shown that stroke is more common in men than in women. In recent years, sex …

Sex differences in stroke

RAM Haast, DR Gustafson… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Sex differences in stroke are observed across epidemiologic studies, pathophysiology,
treatments, and outcomes. These sex differences have profound implications for effective …

The gender gap in stroke: a meta‐analysis

D Giralt, S Domingues‐Montanari… - Acta Neurologica …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Giralt D, Domingues‐Montanari S, Mendioroz M, Ortega L, Maisterra O, Perea‐Gainza M,
Delgado P, Rosell A, Montaner J. The gender gap in stroke: a meta‐analysis. Acta Neurol …

Deaths from stroke in US children, 1979 to 1998

HJ Fullerton, DM Chetkovich, YW Wu, WS Smith… - Neurology, 2002 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Studies have documented declining mortality from stroke in adults over the
past two decades, with black adults at greater risk of death from stroke than whites in all …

Systematic review of sex differences in ischemic strokes among young adults: are young women disproportionately at risk?

MH Leppert, JF Burke, LD Lisabeth, TE Madsen… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Recent evidence suggests that young women (18–45 years) may
be at higher risk of ischemic strokes than men of the same age. The goal of this systematic …

Sex differences in stroke

LC Turtzo, LD McCullough - Cerebrovascular diseases, 2008 - karger.com
Increasing evidence suggests that sex differences exist in the etiology, presentation,
treatment, and outcome from stroke. The reasons for these sex disparities are becoming …

Young women had more strokes than young men in a large, United States claims sample

MH Leppert, PM Ho, J Burke, TE Madsen, D Kleindorfer… - Stroke, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Cardiovascular risk factors, which are overall more prevalent in
men, are considered the major risk factors for strokes among young adults. However, recent …

Sex differences in incidence, mortality, and survival in individuals with stroke in Scotland, 1986 to 2005

JD Lewsey, M Gillies, PS Jhund, JWT Chalmers… - Stroke, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The aim of this study was to examine the effect of sex across
different age groups and over time for stroke incidence, 30-day case-fatality, and mortality …

Sex differences in stroke: review of current knowledge and evidence

RL Girijala, F Sohrabji, RL Bush - Vascular medicine, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …