Stroke in Women: A Review Focused on Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes

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 men. In addition, women have worse stroke outcomes than men. Several risk factors have a higher association with stroke in w...

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Autores principales: Yoon, Cindy W., Bushnell, Cheryl D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Stroke Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9911842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36746378
http://dx.doi.org/10.5853/jos.2022.03468
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description 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 men. In addition, women have worse stroke outcomes than men. Several risk factors have a higher association with stroke in women than in men, and women-specific risk factors that men do not have should be considered. This focused review highlights recent findings in stroke epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes in women.
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spelling pubmed-99118422023-02-16 Stroke in Women: A Review Focused on Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Outcomes Yoon, Cindy W. Bushnell, Cheryl D. J Stroke Review 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 men. In addition, women have worse stroke outcomes than men. Several risk factors have a higher association with stroke in women than in men, and women-specific risk factors that men do not have should be considered. This focused review highlights recent findings in stroke epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes in women. Korean Stroke Society 2023-01 2023-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9911842/ /pubmed/36746378 http://dx.doi.org/10.5853/jos.2022.03468 Text en Copyright © 2023 Korean Stroke Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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