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Sex Differences in Stroke Epidemiology

Author(s) -

Peter Appelros,

Birgitta Stegmayr,

Andreas Terént

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.540781

Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , case fatality rate , intracerebral hemorrhage , demography , sex characteristics , brain infarction , pediatrics , subarachnoid hemorrhage , mechanical engineering , physics , sociology , optics , engineering , ischemia

Epidemiological studies, mainly based on Western European surveys, have shown that stroke is more common in men than in women. In recent years, sex-specific data on stroke incidence, prevalence, subtypes, severity and case-fatality have become available from other parts of the world. The purpose of this article is to give a worldwide review on sex differences in stroke epidemiology.

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